{"id":79603,"date":"2026-03-10T20:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79603"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:45:17","slug":"diocese-of-providence-criticizes-states-abuse-report-claims-its-meant-to-sway-legislators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/diocese-of-providence-criticizes-states-abuse-report-claims-its-meant-to-sway-legislators\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30d7\u30ed\u30d3\u30c7\u30f3\u30b9\u6559\u533a\u3001\u5dde\u306e\u8650\u5f85\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u3092\u6279\u5224\u3000\u8b70\u54e1\u3092\u300c\u8a98\u5c0e\u300d\u3059\u308b\u610f\u56f3\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3068\u4e3b\u5f35"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha on March 4 released a long-awaited report on child abuse in the Diocese of Providence, one that the diocese says reveals little new and is meant to function instead as a political document. The investigation, which began in 2019 and culminated in January when Neronha announced its completion, reveals what the prosecutor calls a \u201cscourge of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Rhode Island,\u201d one that has \u201cplagued [the] state for decades, if\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The investigation, which began in 2019 and culminated in January when Neronha announced its completion, reveals what the prosecutor calls a \u201cscourge of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Rhode Island,\u201d one that has \u201cplagued [the] state for decades, if\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-79603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71998,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/michigans-fifth-diocesan-abuse-report-details-dozens-of-allegations-against-priests\/","url_meta":{"origin":79603,"position":0},"title":"Michigan\u2019s fifth diocesan abuse report details dozens of allegations against priests","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"1\u6708 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Michigan government released another report on diocesan abuse in December 2025, detailing dozens of allegations against more than 50 priests in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. \/ Credit: Snehit Photo\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2025 \/ 12:15 pm (CNA). The Michigan government this week released its fifth report on diocesan abuse in the state, detailing dozens of allegations against more than 50 priests in the Diocese of Grand Rapids.&nbsp;The report from the attorney general\u2019s office, released on Dec. 15,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Michigan\u2019s fifth diocesan abuse report details dozens of allegations against priests","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Michigans-fifth-diocesan-abuse-report-details-dozens-of-allegations-against-priests.webp?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Michigans-fifth-diocesan-abuse-report-details-dozens-of-allegations-against-priests.webp?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Michigans-fifth-diocesan-abuse-report-details-dozens-of-allegations-against-priests.webp?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Michigans-fifth-diocesan-abuse-report-details-dozens-of-allegations-against-priests.webp?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49618,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/usccb-reports-decline-in-abuse-allegations-against-catholic-clergy\/","url_meta":{"origin":79603,"position":1},"title":"USCCB reports decline in abuse allegations against Catholic clergy","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"6\u6708 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. \/ Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 10, 2025 \/ 09:20 am (CNA). Since last year, there has been a 32% decline in U.S. child abuse allegations against Catholic clergy, according to the 2024 annual report of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 (USCCB) Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection.&nbsp;&nbsp; Overall, \u201c902 allegations were reported by 855 victims-survivors of child sexual abuse by\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52598,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/justice-department-sues-washington-state-over-law-forcing-priests-to-break-confession-seal\/","url_meta":{"origin":79603,"position":2},"title":"Justice Department sues Washington state over law forcing priests to break confession seal","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"12\u6708 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Purple stole and confessional. \/ Credit: Roman023_photography\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 23, 2025 \/ 17:13 pm (CNA). The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington over its recent law mandating that priests must violate the seal of confession if child abuse is learned about during the sacrament of reconciliation. The DOJ in a press release announcing the lawsuit filed on June 23 said the Washington law \u201cviolates the free exercise of religion for all Catholics.\u201d \u201cThe seal\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Justice Department sues Washington state over law forcing priests to break confession seal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Justice-Department-sues-Washington-state-over-law-forcing-priests-to-break-confession-seal.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Justice-Department-sues-Washington-state-over-law-forcing-priests-to-break-confession-seal.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Justice-Department-sues-Washington-state-over-law-forcing-priests-to-break-confession-seal.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Justice-Department-sues-Washington-state-over-law-forcing-priests-to-break-confession-seal.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51802,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/new-jersey-supreme-court-says-state-can-empanel-grand-jury-to-investigate-clergy-abuse\/","url_meta":{"origin":79603,"position":3},"title":"New Jersey Supreme Court says state can empanel grand jury to investigate clergy abuse","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11\u6708 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The New Jersey State House. \/ Credit: Felix Lipov\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 17, 2025 \/ 10:37 am (CNA). The New Jersey government will be allowed to assemble a grand jury to investigate allegations of clergy sexual abuse there, the state Supreme Court said Monday. In a unanimous ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court said a lower court had erred when it held the state could not empanel the jury, with the high court stating that the government \u201chas the right\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New Jersey Supreme Court says state can empanel grand jury to investigate clergy abuse","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/New-Jersey-Supreme-Court-says-state-can-empanel-grand-jury-to-investigate-clergy-abuse.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/New-Jersey-Supreme-Court-says-state-can-empanel-grand-jury-to-investigate-clergy-abuse.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/New-Jersey-Supreme-Court-says-state-can-empanel-grand-jury-to-investigate-clergy-abuse.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/New-Jersey-Supreme-Court-says-state-can-empanel-grand-jury-to-investigate-clergy-abuse.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6539,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/diocese-of-toledo-to-pay-1-million-to-three-priest-sex-abuse-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":79603,"position":4},"title":"Diocese of Toledo to pay $1 million to three priest sex abuse victims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"7\u6708 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio. \/ Credit: Susan Montgomery\/Shutterstock The Diocese of Toledo will pay out a seven-figure sum to three victims of priest sexual abuse after agreeing to a settlement.The payout will go to victims of disgraced priest Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in Ohio last May. His crimes, committed between 1999 and 2020, involved three victims, two of whom were minors when Zacharias began abusing them.Konrad\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59106,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/diocese-of-salt-lake-city-affirms-credible-abuse-allegation-against-colombian-born-priest\/","url_meta":{"origin":79603,"position":5},"title":"Diocese of Salt Lake City affirms credible abuse allegation against Colombian-born priest","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"8\u6708 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. \/ Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 1, 2025 \/ 13:15 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Salt Lake City on Thursday said it had deemed \u201ccredible\u201d several allegations of sexual misconduct made against a Colombian-born priest, with the alleged misconduct dating to the 1990s.&nbsp; A press release from the diocese said that in December it had received allegations against Father Heriberto Mejia, a priest from the Diocese of Villavicencio in\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Diocese of Salt Lake City affirms credible abuse allegation against Colombian-born priest","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Diocese-of-Salt-Lake-City-affirms-credible-abuse-allegation-against-Colombian-born-priest.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Diocese-of-Salt-Lake-City-affirms-credible-abuse-allegation-against-Colombian-born-priest.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Diocese-of-Salt-Lake-City-affirms-credible-abuse-allegation-against-Colombian-born-priest.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Diocese-of-Salt-Lake-City-affirms-credible-abuse-allegation-against-Colombian-born-priest.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79603"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=79603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}