Church Review Boards Often Protect Clergy Over Victims, Report Says

Church Review Boards Often Protect Clergy Over Victims, Report Says
Parishioners worship during a mass to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Pittsburgh Diocese in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 15, 2018. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
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Church review boards, the purportedly independent panels meant to review allegations of sex abuse accusers fairly, were created to stop abusive priests from staying in ministry.

However, an Associated Press investigation found these boards regularly failed to uphold their commitments and instead protected the church instead of the victims.
Bowen Xiao
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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