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US bishops hid abuse of hundreds of children: grand jury

Report uncovers "secret archive" of damning evidence in boxes in Pennsylvania church

Published Wed, Mar 2, 2016 · 09:50 PM

New York

TWO American bishops spent four decades covering up sexual abuse of hundreds of children at the hands of 50 Catholic priests and clerics in Pennsylvania, a grand jury revealed on Tuesday.

The 147-page report came out two days after Hollywood movie Spotlight won an Oscar for best picture for chronicling a newspaper investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and institutional efforts to cover up the crimes.

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