Article Title
After Pennsylvania report on alleged church abuses, Missouri launches investigation. What will other states do?
Link to Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/08/25/missouri-becomes-first-state-to-announce-investigation-into-church-abuses-after-pennsylvania-report/?utm_term=.367fddf471b1
Source: Washington Post
Author(s): Mark Berman
Date: August 25, 2018
Synopsis of Article
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has instructed his office to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the St. Louis region. The Archdiocese of St. Louis claimed the probe was being launched at its request.
According to the article:
He [Hawley] said this team would review documents as well as interview alleged victims and people who may have witnessed alleged abuses. Hawley’s office had told The Post before announcing the review that it lacked the ability to investigate “allegations of this kind of criminal activity,” saying that was the jurisdiction of the local prosecutor. On Friday, his office said that it will release a public report when its review has been completed and that anything deemed a potential criminal violation will be sent to local prosecutors.