Maryland AG: 156 abusers and 600+ child victims in the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Institutional event
Evidence status
Official finding
Authority role
priests, brothers and deacons of the Archdiocese, archdiocesan leadership
Organization
Archdiocese of Baltimore
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The victims were children within the Archdiocese's parishes and schools, under clergy pastoral authority; the report documents the institutional authority that concealed the abuse for six decades.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
- Institutional obedience or isolation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2023-04-05 · investigative report
Maryland Office of the Attorney General. A four-year investigation produced a 463-page report identifying 156 clergy and religious with credible allegations and more than 600 known child victims from the 1940s to 2002, describing the Archdiocese's concealment as 'pervasive, pernicious and persistent'.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral access to children
- 'pervasive, pernicious and persistent' institutional concealment
Cited record
Sources
- official ag report inquiry report Maryland Office of the Attorney General, 'Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore' (5 Apr. 2023).
The Attorney General's report identifying 156 credibly accused abusers and 600+ victims.
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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