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The Report: Neronha on Clergy Abuse in the Providence Diocese
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Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha joins Bartholomewtown to discuss his office’s newly released report detailing decades of child sexual abuse allegations within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.
The investigation identified more than 130 alleged abusers and hundreds of victims, with cases spanning generations.
Neronha explains how investigators assembled the report, what it reveals about institutional failures inside the Church, and what accountability and reforms may come next.