tv Spirit of the House Al Jazeera August 15, 2018 12:56pm-1:00pm +03
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zoos in argentina south africa and mexico also been hit. an explosive new report has accused more than three hundred catholic priests in the u.s. state of pennsylvania of sexual abuse details allegations of assaults on my nose by those described as spread it's a priests it's also suggest there could be thousands of victims spanning a seventy year period just in salumi has more. the accusations are stunning in scale more than one thousand victims of more than three hundred roman catholic priests for decades they escaped justice because of a systematic cover up that included high ranking church officials and allegedly went all the way to the vatican. priests were raped raping little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing they should at all for decades. the landmark report compiled by a secret grand jury of the state of pennsylvania took two years to compile as many
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victims have been waiting decades for their voices to be heard and their pain to be acknowledged sean daugherty says he was abused as a child by a priest at his school whom other children had complained about you know the school protected them and allowed me and three of my friends and i was very dear to help pack is belongings in the rectory pack up the car and go to the new parish and the new school and spend the first night in the new rectory with them and he was being transferred for sexually abusing two brothers two priests have been charged and one has already pleaded guilty to molesting a seven year old boy as a result of the investigation many of the crimes outlined in the report however took place too long ago to be criminally prosecuted. the report places significant blame on a former bishop of the diocese of pittsburgh cardinal donald wuerl for what it describes as his role in covering up abuse worl now the head of the archdiocese of
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washington d.c. responded in a written state. saying that he acted with diligence with concern for the victims and to prevent future abuse in july pope francis accepted the resignation of archbishop theodore mccarrick from the college of cardinals one of the church's most powerful bodies amid allegations of molestation and sexual misconduct i believe the bishops your boss the opportunity to find justice and we made an apology isn't enough for sean daugherty and other victims who are calling on lawmakers to change the statute of limitations and force the catholic church to finally pay for it since christian salumi al-jazeera harrisburg police in chile have raided offices of the top leadership of the catholic church the looking for documents to support allegations of widespread abuse by the clergy prosecutors say they're investigating thirty eight cases of sexual offenses committed by priests there are more than two hundred seventy alleged victims most of them while mine is
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at the time of the abuse. police in london treating a crash outside the british parliament as a terror incident three people were injured when a man drove into pedestrians and cyclists before ramming into security barriers the suspect is a twenty nine year old foreign born british citizen lawrence lee reports. the palace of westminster is a sleepy place in august as the politicians are on holiday here during rush hour this was the scene as heavily armed police swooped on a car which had apparently been driven deliberately into the crash barriers surrounding the parliament the force of the collision clearly seemed to have crumpled the whole front of the small car its only occupant showing no resistance as officers calmly took him out and led him away the question is who is he and what was his motivation in march and it was deliberate it wasn't it wasn't over you know for sure if he if it was a direct hit this video taken from on high some distance away shows the car seeming
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to drive normally before swerving violently across the road and then veering again through the security barriers and coming to a stop to police officers had to jump clear to avoid being hit. as he crossed lanes and accelerated to point his car parliaments the driver plowed through a group of cyclists at least one was injured though not seriously. by now the full security apparatus agree there were no weapons in the car but the incident was soon treated as a terrorist related the driver's refusing to answer questions from the police and they didn't know anything about him a priority now is to formally establish the identity of the suspect and establish his motivation if we can. he is not currently cooperating.
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