The Justice Department (DOJ) has launched an investigation into at least six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania over child sex abuse claims allegedly covered up by the church for decades.
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

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