NPR’s Adrian Florido talks with David Lorenz, director of the Maryland chapter of the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests, after the report on decades-long sex abuse in the Baltimore Diocese.

ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST:

Earlier this week, the Maryland attorney general released a new report documenting the pervasive history of sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. And a warning that my conversation for the next four minutes or so will include some discussion of those findings. Investigators found more than 600 children were abused by more than 150 Catholic priests in the Baltimore Archdiocese over the last 80 years. We’re joined now by David Lorenz. He is the director of the Maryland chapter of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

Welcome.

DAVID LORENZ: Well, thank you for having me.

FLORIDO: This is a really, really hard report to read. I had to step away from…