New York and New Jersey began investigations into whether Roman Catholic institutions had covered up the sexual abuse of children by priests.
Attorneys general in Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska also announced that they intend to investigate sex abuse by Catholic priests in their states.
The inquiries come weeks after an explosive report detailing the abuse of children in dioceses across Pennsylvania, drawing outrage from Catholics worldwide and a condemnation from Pope Francis.
“Victims in New York deserve to be heard as well — and we are going to do everything in our power to bring them the justice they deserve,” New York’s attorney general, Barbara Underwood, above, said in a statement.
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
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