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30 March 2019

Religious orders targeted in New Mexico clergy abuse case

Religious orders once associated with a now-shuttered Catholic boarding school for Native Americans are being accused of failing to protect students from sexual abuse by clergy and faculty. An Ohio-based order of Franciscan Friars and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, headquartered in Pennsylvania, are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed this week in a New Mexico court by a team of lawyers that has represented dozens of abuse survivors over the years.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/education/article/Religious-orders-targeted-in-New-Mexico-clergy-13725481.php