In U.S., Black survivors of the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis are nearly invisible
LA TimesCharles Richardson of Baltimore says he was abused decades ago by a Catholic priest. Black survivors like Richardson have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community in the nation’s oldest archdiocese. World & Nation Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused more than 600 children over the last 80 years. “And the predators are going to go where the prey is — Black communities relying on the church for support.” Abuse also came from within Baltimore’s Black community. Despite being convicted of three counts of child sexual abuse, he was granted a new trial because of the “improper testimony about possible other victims,” according to the attorney general’s report.
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