CRUX: KBI say it has opened 122 clergy sex abuse cases in Kansas

JMJ

Just a tidbit to shine a little light on CMTV's coverage of the SSPX.

The KBI announced in early 2019 that it had set up the task force at the request of Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The task force consists of six agents who investigate abuse reports from the public and review church documents from the state’s Catholic dioceses in Wichita, Salina, Dodge City and Kansas City, Kansas. It also investigates reports from the Society of St. Pius X, a breakaway Catholic group known for its traditional Latin Mass with a large branch in St. Marys in northeast Kansas.

Key points:

Task-force launched in 2019,
40,000 diocesan records reviewed or under review,
215 tips received,
122 cases opened.

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Source CRUX

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