NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY
NBC News
September 6, 2018
By Matthew Johnson and Phil McCausland
Both offices cited a bombshell report produced by a Pennsylvania grand jury that concluded that approximately 300 Pennsylvania priests sexually abused more than 1,000 children over the past 70 years.
The New York attorney general issued subpoenas against the state’s Roman Catholic dioceses as New Jersey announced on Thursday a new task force to investigate sexual abuse of minors by the clergy.
The New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood subpoenaed the eight state dioceses as part of an ongoing civil investigation into how the church reviewed allegations of sexual abuse, a source familiar with the investigation said Thursday.
The New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, meanwhile, established a task force to probe cases of sex abuse and any attempts by the church to cover them up.
Both offices cited a bombshell report produced by a Pennsylvania grand jury that concluded that approximately 300 priests in the state had sexually abused more than 1,000 children stretching back 70 years. The report, which was shared with the public only weeks ago, also found that church leadership in the state worked to cover up the horrific abuse.
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