Feds Launch Sex Abuse Investigation Of Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic Church

#TIA – Only a little slower than the church itself, the federal government is launching a probe of sex abuse in Pennsylvania

The Department of Justice has launched an investigation of child sex abuse within Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic Church, sending subpoenas to dioceses across the state seeking private files and records to explore the possibility that priests and bishops violated federal law in cases that go back decades, NPR has learned.

In what is thought to be the first such inquiry into the church’s clergy sex abuse scandal, authorities have issued subpoenas to look into possible violations of the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, also known as RICO, according to a person close to the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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