>A Church-commissioned report in 2004 said more than 4,000 US Roman Catholic priests had faced sexual abuse allegations in the last 50 years, in cases involving more than 10,000 children - MOSTLY BOYS.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44209971
>McCarrick, who retired as archbishop of Washington DC in 2006, was forced to resign as a cardinal last July after a man publicly alleged that he had been sexually abused by the cleric from 1971, when he was a 16-year-old altar boy in New York.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-over-abuse-claims
>Cardinal George Pell was convicted of abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in 1996.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44209971
>All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex scandal and cover-up.
>"This will change things forever," tweeted Juan Carlos Cruz, who was abused by Fr Karadima in the 1980s.
>José Andrés Murillo, another victim, said Pope Francis should accept the mass resignation offer.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44169484