According to a report released by the Illinois Attorney General s Office, 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers have been accused of sexually abusing 1,997 victims within the Catholic .
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Catholic dioceses in Illinois failed to disclose hundreds of abusive clerics before the state opened what would become a yearslong investigation into sex abuse within the church, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday.
A global petition has been launched urging the Vatican to move forward with the beatification of Ven. Abp. Fulton J. Sheen. The petition, called the SET THE DATE FOR SHEEN campaign, was created .