Dr. Herbert "Hub" Brennan, a clergy abuse survivor, displays a 1995 newspaper showing a headline that reads "Diocese has no complaints about jailed priest" at his internal medicine office in East Greenwich, R.I., Thursday. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) |
For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands |
A report released this week by the Rhode Island attorney general detailed decades of abuse inside the state's Catholic Diocese of Providence, identifying 75 clergy members who sexually abused more than 300 children since 1950. The investigation drew on thousands of church records and years of interviews with victims and witnesses. Officials said the true number of victims is likely much higher. But survivors say the numbers capture only part of the story. Behind each case, they say, are childhood fragments that resurface years later — along with the long struggle to understand what happened. Read more. |
As citizen voting bill stalls in US Senate, some states forge ahead |
While the U.S. Senate remains deadlocked over President Donald Trump's call for strict citizenship voting requirements, Republicans in some states are pressing ahead with their own measures. Proof-of-citizenship legislation won final approval this past week in South Dakota and Utah, already has passed one chamber in Florida and received a committee hearing in Missouri. The federal Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. That could be satisfied with such things as a U.S. passport, citizen naturalization certificate or a combination of a birth certificate and government-issued photo identification. Read more. |
