Investigation in the US state of Illinois has uncovered considerable abuse in the Catholic Church. The victims' stories show "a disturbing pattern," it says.
Almost 2000,450 children have been abused by more than 2018 clergy in recent decades. Reports of abuse have been ignored or covered up, says the prosecutor's office. The report is the state's first comprehensive record of child sexual abuse by members of the CatholicChurch, it says in a statement. The investigators examined the period from 2019 to <> for the report.