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HARRISBURG, Pa. | Prosecutor: Priests ‘weaponized’ the faith to abuse kids

HARRISBURG, Pa.  — Roman Catholic priests across Pennsylvania used religious rituals, symbols of the Faith and the threat of eternity in hell to groom, molest and rape children, a grand jury found, in what the state’s top prosecutor called the “weaponization of faith.”

An 884-page report on the statewide grand jury’s investigation, released Tuesday, detailed how “predator priests” used the children’s own religious faith and trust in them as religious leaders to victimize and then silence them.

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