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Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a landmark criminal justice reform law did not violate the state’s constitution.

The opinion was released more than six months after the Pretrial Fairness Act was halted by the Justices just hours before it was to go into effect Jan. 1 in response to legal challenges. The high court said the law should now go into effect in September.

In its 5-2 ruling, the court said the state’s constitution “does not mandate that monetary bail is the only means to ensure criminal defendants appear for trials or the only means to protect the public. Our constitution creates a balance between the individual rights of defendants and the individual rights of crime victims. The Act’s pretrial release provisions set forth procedures commensurate with that balance.”

The majority rejected claims that the Legislature had overstepped its authority by eliminating bail through the Act, writing that “the legislature has long regulated the bail system.”

The court’s only two Republican Justices dissented, saying “the legislature’s abolishment of monetary bail is in direct violation of the plain language of our constitution’s bill of rights and, more specifically, the vested rights of crime victims. ... This court has an absolute obligation to declare the pretrial release provisions of the Act to be invalid and unenforceable no matter how beneficial the abolishment of monetary bail may be.”

The bail system overhaul was one of the most controversial provisions of the widely scrutinized SAFE-T Act, a major bill that mandated wide-ranging reforms to policing, court proceedings and victims’ rights in the state.

The court’s ruling stems from a flurry of lawsuits last year brought by roughly 60 sheriffs and state’s attorneys who argued that eliminating cash bail would reduce public safety, put law enforcement in harm’s way and violate the state’s constitution.

In December, Kankakee County Chief Judge Thomas Cunnington agreed with the groups and ruled the cash bail provision unconstitutional, though his ruling would have only applied to counties that had sued.

An appeal by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sent the matter to the state Supreme Court, and the Justices ordered that the entire Pretrial Fairness Act wouldn’t go into effect until further notice “in order to maintain consistent pretrial procedures throughout Illinois.” 

In the ruling Tuesday, Chief Judge Mary Jane Theis said Cunnington’s decision ignored the plain language of the bail clause in the state’s constitution, which never included the term “monetary, so does not cement the practice of monetary bail, however long-standing and prevalent across Illinois, into our constitution.”

Raoul released a statement Tuesday morning saying “someone’s experience with the criminal justice system should not vary based on their income level. The SAFE-T Act was intended to address pervasive inequalities in the criminal justice system, in particular the fact that individuals who are awaiting criminal trials — who have not been convicted of a crime and are presumed innocent — may spend extended periods of time incarcerated because they cannot afford to pay cash bail.”

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who supported the bail reform, said the ruling “is a monumental milestone toward achieving equal justice for all in Cook County and Illinois. ... Ending cash bail is in line with our values and is a critical step toward economic and racial justice in Cook County and Illinois.”

But McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, an opponent of the bail act, called the ruling “a sad reflection of state of ideological capture in our three branches of government. ... We at the state’s attorney’s office will continue to do everything within our power to ensure that dangerous offenders remain behind bars pre-trial or that other measures, such as electronic monitoring, are in put in place to minimize risk.”

Despite a two-year ramp-up before bail reform was to go into effect, opponents waited until late last year to mount a serious effort to overturn the law, as well as a political pressure campaign before last year’s statewide elections.

In the weeks before the election, opponents derided the SAFE-T Act as a “purge law” and claimed it would make the state — with a particular focus on Chicago — less safe by releasing more violent criminals to prey on the public.

Supporters of the Pretrial Fairness Act said its provisions would simply remove cash bail as a condition that could be set by a judge when considering whether someone was likely to return to court for their hearings or posed a danger to the public.

Studies of jurisdictions that have nearly eliminated cash bail have shown no significant increase in crime generally, nor by defendants released while awaiting trial. In some cases, defendants were more likely to return to court.

The elimination of cash bail does not mean people charged with crimes cannot be held in custody pending trial.

Under the act, the courts will continue to hold detention hearings for people accused of serious crimes to determine whether someone poses a safety risk if released and whether someone is likely to show up for their hearings — the same considerations that now often determine cash bail.

People charged with misdemeanors and other minor offenses will be released without bail or pretrial conditions. In more serious cases that meet standards where a person can be held in custody, prosecutors will be required to request a person be detained and make arguments on public safety and the risk of flight.

In cases where prosecutors seek to hold a person in custody, the defendant’s attorneys will be given more time to prepare for the hearing. The decision on whether a person should continue to be held in custody pretrial can also be revisited by the court at future hearings.

Cook County had planned to move forward with bail reform on Jan. 1 until the Justices halted its implementation. “I feel very confident that we will be ready to go in 60 days,” Pretrial Division Presiding Judge Marubio said Tuesday.

Until Sept. 18, judges will continue to set bail in cases in Cook County, just as they had been doing up until Dec. 31, Marubio said.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, the lone Republican appointee on a state Senate panel that recommended revisions to the bail reforms in the SAFE-T Act last fall, said changes adopted in the December veto session largely addressed “glaring deficiencies” and expanded judges’ discretion to detain defendants who might pose a danger to the public if released.

Berlin did not join the lawsuit that led to Supreme Court case because of the potential conflict with his role on the panel.

“At this point, I would say (the public) shouldn’t be panicked,” Berlin told the Sun-Times. “With the amendment (passed in December) I am confident that violent criminals are going to be detained.”

Berlin said he expected an influx of defendants seeking hearings when the law takes effect, and that his office will petition judges to hold any person his office deems a threat to public safety.

He also noted that even multimillion-dollar bail amounts are not a guarantee of safety. “I have seen people put up $200,000 and walk out of jail on a $2 million bond,” he said.

Berlin said he and his fellow state’s attorneys planned a conference call Tuesday afternoon to discuss options, but personally he felt that another lawsuit was not likely. “I think we need to move forward with the General Assembly and use the legislative process,” he said. “At this point, I’m not sure legally what else there is to do.”

Berlin said he would advocate for changes that would make the Act resemble bail statutes in New Jersey, which largely did away with cash bail in 2017. New Jersey’s laws allow judges to set a cash bail when prosecutors show “clear and convincing evidence” people are likely to flee, threaten or intimidate others if set free before trial, or otherwise pose a threat to safety.

Harold Krent, a professor at IIT-Kent Law School who has studied the separation of powers, agreed there likely is no path for further challenges in the courts.

“There is no traditional injury they can point to that is going to get them through the doors of federal court,” he said. “This is a case where a state law was found constitutional under the state constitution. I’m not sure what their federal claim would be.”

The bail reforms were just one part of the SAFE-T Act, some of which have already taken effect. Other measures include requiring all police departments to equip officers with body-worn cameras by 2025, expanding services for victims of crimes and changing how people who are incarcerated are counted for redistricting maps.

Many Republican candidates made the SAFE-T Act a focus of law-and-order campaigning last year, but Democrats held off most challengers in what was expected to be a bruising midterm election for the party across the country and even expanded their majority on the state Supreme Court.

The elections of Justices Elizabeth Rochford and Mary Kay O’Brien were believed to be significant to preserving Illinois’ strong abortion protections, as well as the future of the SAFE-T Act. Both Justices sided with the majority of the court.

Justices Lisa Holder White and David Overstreet, the high court’s only Republicans, joined in the dissent.

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The nearly 900-page report landed like a grenade when Josh Shapiro, then the attorney general of Pennsylvania, delivered it on a stage in Harrisburg, Pa., five years ago. It detailed widespread sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church throughout Pennsylvania, and a “sophisticated” cover-up by senior church officials. Victims of abuse and their families, sometimes visibly weeping, joined Mr. Shapiro on the stage.

More than 300 priests were found to have abused children, at least 1,000 of them, over the course of seven decades. The report reverberated at the highest levels of the church, with the Vatican expressing “shame and sorrow” over the findings. And it reached the pews, too: A Gallup poll the next year found that more than one-third of Catholics in the United States were considering leaving the faith because of “recent news about sexual abuse of young people by priests.”

In the years since the Pennsylvania report was published, it has inspired some 20 other investigations into the Catholic Church by state attorneys general.

Now the results of those investigations are rolling out, refocusing attention on the sprawling abuse scandal, and in some cases providing fresh details. The attorney general of Illinois, Kwame Raoul, released a report in May that found more than 450 credibly accused child sex abusers in the Catholic Church in Illinois since 1950. Almost 2,000 children under 18 were victims.

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More than 450 credibly accused child sex abusers have ministered in the Catholic Church in Illinois over almost seven decades, the office of the state’s attorney general, Kwame Raoul, said Tuesday in an investigative report. That is more than four times the number that the church had publicly disclosed before 2018, when the state began its investigation.

The 696-page report found that clergy members and lay religious brothers had abused at least 1,997 children since 1950 in the state’s six dioceses, including the prominent Archdiocese of Chicago.

The report adds 149 names to lists of child sex abusers whom the dioceses themselves had publicly identified before or during the investigation. That brings the total number of identified abusers to 451, the report says. The additional names were supplied by victims who came forward and shared their accounts with investigators, who then followed up on their accounts. Investigators also reviewed more than 100,000 pages of files held by the dioceses, and interviewed church leaders and their representatives. The 149 new names are religious brothers, who are accountable primarily to independent religious orders rather than to local dioceses and bishops.

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Hate crime charges have been filed against a Chicago man who allegedly emailed a death threat to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx earlier this month, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday.

As reported by the Chicago Tribune, Christopher J. Tatlock on May 4 is alleged to have emailed the high-ranking city officials threatening gun violence and lynching, including stating intent to “shoot and hang” Foxx “if she did not prosecute crime in Chicago,” per a news release from Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.

A similar email Tatlock sent to Lightfoot was also found by investigators, according to the outlet.

Tatlock now faces charges including two counts of threatening a public official and two counts of a hate crime, which could lead to a possible 16-year prison sentence, per the Tribune. 

Tatlock is scheduled to appear at the Skokie Courthouse in Cook County on May 20. He is on house arrest pending trial and must forfeit any guns he possesses. He also may not use email, or contact Lightfoot, Foxx, or their families in any way, according to the outlet.

“There is no room in our society for hate and violence, and we must condemn such actions in the strongest terms possible,” Raoul stated in the release, per the Tribune. “My office will work to hold accountable anyone who threatens the physical safety of any resident of our state — regardless of the position they hold.”

Lightfoot became the 56th mayor of Chicago in May 2019 and is the first Black woman and openly gay politician to hold that office. Her administration has been under stress due to a recent spike in violence and COVID-19 restrictions, theGrio previously reported.

Joseph Igartua was charged with three felony counts of stalking, plus earned another for reckless discharge of a firearm, according to the Cook County state attorney’s office. During a bond hearing, Judge Maryam Ahmad ordered him to stay away from Lightfoot and to surrender all his guns, and held him without bond, as reported by Fox 32.

Lightfoot released a statement decrying what happened and hoped the incident could be one that the public could learn from. “We simply cannot lose sight of our individual and collective humanity. We need to model the behavior that we want our children to copy,” the statement read in part.

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America's Black Attorneys General Discuss Race, Politics And The Justice System

The American legal system is facing a crisis of trust in communities around the country, with people of all races and across the political spectrum.

The Associated Press spoke with six sitting Black attorneys general about their views on racial equity, public safety, police accountability and protecting democratic institutions. While their worldviews and strategies sometimes clash, the group felt united in a mission to better a system they all agreed too often failed the people it's meant to serve.

Anthony Brown and Kwame Raoul learned from their fathers, who were both physicians and Caribbean immigrants. Raoul, now the attorney general of Illinois, said he learned "to never forget where you came from and never forget the struggles that others go through."

Letitia James, the New York attorney general, said she came from "humble beginnings" and was "shaped by those who know struggle, pain, loss, but also perseverance." Aaron Ford, the attorney general of Nevada, attributed his achievements "because the government helped in a time of need to get to my next level."

And Keith Ellison, (pic above) the attorney general of Minnesota, was raised on stories of his grandparents organizing Black voters in Louisiana at the height of Jim Crow, when they endured bomb threats and a burned cross at their home.

"If we are in these roles, I think people expect, and rightfully so, that we will take on criminal legal reform, that we will take out bias that exists in criminal or civil prosecutions, that we will focus on communities of color and do it in such a way that recognizes those communities are often overpoliced and under-protected," Campbell said.

The group uses their growing size and shared perspective as Black Americans to influence other attorneys general across the country.

"If we've made a change, it's been incremental. I think it would be a little presumptuous of us to think we've changed the system," Ellison said. "We might be changing the system. Hopefully, we are." -(source: ap)

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#trump indictment #trump tower #Chicago #Chicago river #epa #what if you just stopped polluting the river? as an idea

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Santila Terry Sentenced - Probation - Restitution of $200K

Santila Terry was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services for fraudulently billing the state agency. Chicago, IL (STL.News) Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Thursday that a south suburban woman, Santila Terry, prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office, was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services for fraudulently billing the state agency for speech therapy services that were never provided. Santila Terry, 51, of Flossmoor, Illinois, was sentenced to four years of felony probation and ordered to pay restitution after being found guilty in December 2018 of identity theft, theft, theft by deception, and vendor fraud. “Millions of Illinois children, individuals with disabilities, and working families rely on the Medicaid program to access needed health care services,” Raoul said.  “It is unconscionable an individual would knowingly defraud that program out of the vital and limited resources available to provide these services.  I will continue to partner with law enforcement and state agencies to hold perpetrators of Medicaid fraud accountable.” The Attorney General’s office alleged in its initial indictment that Terry billed Medicaid through her business “Special Therapy Care Chartered” (STCC) for speech therapy services provided to children enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program.  Using a former employee’s personal information and Medicaid provider identification number, Terry improperly billed the state more than $909,500 for therapy she falsely claimed the employee provided to children.  Terry’s scheme began when the employee left STCC in 2011 and continued through 2014. The case was investigated by the Illinois State Police Medicaid Fraud Control Bureau after receiving an allegation of fraud from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Office of the Inspector General. “Medicaid funding is intended to help those in need, and ISP will continue to work with Attorney General Raoul’s Office to pursue those who commit fraud and steal taxpayer dollars for personal gain,” said ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly. Assistant Attorneys General Frederick H. Crystal and Robert Sparano handled the case for Raoul’s Medicaid Fraud Control Bureau. Editors Note: Why is sentencing limited to probation? SOURCE: Illinois Attorney General Read the full article

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Attorney General Warns Student Loan Borrowers About Scammers After Supreme Court Decision | Chicago Defender

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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, 14 other states urge Target to resist harassment from anti-LGBTQ+ activists – CBS2 (Chicago)

The Will County News Home  #communism  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, 14 other states urge Target to resist… #communism #freedom #FreeSpeech #globalism #government #protest #sbalich #trump #twill Abuse of power LGBTQ Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, 14 other states urge Target to resist harassment from anti-LGBTQ+ activists – CBS2 (Chicago) By  Steve Balich  – June…

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Nearly 2,000 children were sexually abused in the Illinois Catholic Church

A new report identifies nearly 500 clergy members in Illinois who sexually abused children. By Nicole Narea Article Reprint Pope Francis attends his Wednesday General Audience at St. Peter’s Square on May 17, 2023, in Vatican City, Vatican. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that the state has corroborated more than 1,900…

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驚! 伊州檢察總長: 超過2000名兒童在教會遭性侵與虐待

(芝加哥時報快訊)伊州檢察總長Kwame Raoul發表一份報告顯示，伊州天主教教士涉及的兒童性虐待非常嚴重, 經過多年調查，發現有451名神父和修會兄弟在七十年間虐待了超過2000名兒童。他批評教會領袖允許虐待者“明目張膽地隱藏起來”。 Continue reading Untitled

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Papa Francis, 17 Mayıs 2023'te Vatikan Şehri'ndeki Aziz Petrus Meydanı'ndaki Çarşamba günü genel seyirci kitlesine katılıyor. | Vatikan Havuzu/Getty Images vasıtasıyla Vatikan Medyası Yeni bir rapor, ufaklıklara cinsel istismarda bulunan ortalama 500 Illinois bakanını tespit ediyor. Illinois Başsavcısı Kwame Raoul Salı günü yapmış olduğu açıklamada, eyaletin Illinois'deki Katolik din adamlarına kar��ı 1.900'den fazla çocuk tacizine uğramış olduğu iddialarını doğruladığını duyurdu. Vakalar 1950'lere kadar uzanıyor ve daha ilkin suç duyurusu edilmemiş yüzlerce faili içeriyor. Yirmi yılı aşkın bir süredir Kilise, Avustralya'dan Şili'ye dünya genelinde yüz binlerce kurbanı etkileyen çocuk istismarı skandallarına karıştı. Illinois bulguları, son yıllarda kilise yetkilileri tarafınca meydana getirilen bu tür suiistimallerin ve örtbasların yaygın bulunduğunu gösteren ve ruhban sınıfının failleri kendi saflarından görevli tutmak için failleri kurtarmakta yetersiz kaldığını gösteren, son yıllardaki birçok büyük ABD soruşturmasının en sonuncusudur. Bu suiistimallerin bir çok başlangıçta kilise liderleri tarafınca reddedilmiş olsa da, şimdi Illinois soruşturmasını da içeren artan kanıtlar, kurbanları görmezden gelmeyi olanaksız kılıyor. Başsavcılık tarafınca hazırlanan 696 sayfalık bir rapor, Illinois'in altı Katolik piskoposluk bölgesinde toplam 494 suçlu tespit etti ve bunların bir çok, kilise yetkilileri sessiz kalırken bilerek ve rutin olarak mahalleler içinde taşındı. Raporda, soruşturmanın piskoposlukları halihazırda ifşa edilmiş olanlara ek olarak malum 231 çocuk istismarcısını da halka açık bir halde listelemeye sevk etmiş olduğu ve devlet yetkililerinin piskoposluklar tarafınca hiçbir süre kimliği belirlenmemiş 149 kişiyi daha ortaya çıkardığı açıklandı. Rapor, birçoğu akıl sağlığı sorunları, bağımlılık ve intihar düşünceleri de dahil olmak suretiyle istismarın uzun vadeli neticelerini açıklayan 600'den fazla gizli saklı kaynaktan gelen röportajlar, yardım hattı mesajları, e-postalar ve mektuplardan yararlanıyor. Chicago Başpiskoposu Kardinal Blase J. Cupich bir video bildirisinde, "Başpiskoposluk adına, din adamlarının ufaklıklara yönelik cinsel istismarını önlemedeki ve buna uygun şekilde cevap vermedeki başarısızlıktan ziyan olan herkesten özür dilerim" dedi. dualarımızda olun ve kendimizi bu problemi ortadan kaldırmaya ve kurbanları iyileştirmeye adadık. Rahipler Tarafınca Istismar Edilenlerin Hayatta Kalanlar Ağı'nın (SNAP) eski ulusal direktörü David Clohessy, raporun ileriye doğru atılmış mühim bir adım bulunduğunu söylemiş oldu ve piskoposlara daha çok tacizi önlemek için alabilecekleri mantıklı önlemler mevzusunda düzinelerce tavsiye verdi. Bu iyileştirmeleri yapmayı yeterince önemsediklerine dair işaretler olduğunda "oldukca azca". Bu tavsiyeler, müfettişlerin yaslı ailelere destek sağlamada hiçbir görevi olmamasını, piskoposlukların bildirim yönergeleri sağlamasını ve isimsiz bildirimi kolaylaştırmasını ve her türlü misilleme, sindirme, zorlama yada önyargılı önlemlerin açıkça yasaklanmasını ihtiva eder. Clohessy, raporun, evlatların cinsel istismarını örtbas eden Katolik yetkililere karşı suçlamaları içermediğini ve RICO yasalarının - organize kabahat suçlarıyla savaşım için tasarlanmış ceza yasaları - güçlendirilmesini içerebilecek ek yasal çözümler önermediğini kaydetti. görevli tutulmak. Clohessy, "Burada gerçek değişimin olduğuna inanıyoruz" dedi. “Bunu görmezden gelen yada saklayan asla hiç kimseye karşı neredeyse asla suçlama olmadı. Polis memurlarının binlerce kabahat, yüzlerce yırtıcı, yüzlerce kolaylaştırıcı bulunduğunu söylemesi oldukca sinir bozucu fakat kimse suçlanmıyor." Mevcut Illinois yasalarına nazaran, gönüllü çocuk bakıcıları da dahil olmak suretiyle bakanlar ve öteki kilise çalışanlarının çocuk istismarı iddialarını bildirmek için halihazırda "görevli muhabir" olmaları gerekmektedir. Devlet ek olarak 2017'de ufaklıklara yönelik cinsel istismar sebebiyle cezai kovuşturmalarda süre aşımını kaldırdı. Sadece, din adamlarının mecburi raportör olmadığı ve bu tür iddiaların süre aşımına uğramış olduğu başka eyaletler de vardır. Katolik Kilisesinde Cinsel İstismarın Daha Geniş Açıklaması Sonrasında ufaklıklara yönelik cinsel tacizden hapse mahkum edilen beş mahalli rahiple ilgili dönüm noktası niteliğindeki 2002 Boston Globe soruşturması, Kilise'nin ruhban yırtıcılarını koruma geçmişi hakkında internasyonal tartışmalara yol açtı. Takip eden on yıllarda, ülke çapında kötüye kullanımın boyutuna ilişkin daha çok araştırma yapılmış oldu, sadece bunlar çoğu zaman yalnız yüzeysel görünüyor. 2018'de, o zamanki Illinois Başsavcısı Lisa Madigan, Illinois Katolik Kilisesi'nin ufaklıklara cinsel istismarla suçlanan minimum 500 rahibin isimlerini sakladığını belirten bir rapor yazdı. Kilise, kolluk kuvvetlerine yalnızca inandırıcı olduğuna inanılmış olduğu vakaları bildirmişti, sadece Madigan her türlü iddiayı yapması icap ettiğini söylemiş oldu. Gene o yıl, Pensilvanya büyük jürisi, 70 yaşın üstünde 1.000'den fazla çocuğa cinsel istismarda bulunan 300 rahibi seçti. Raporu, kayıtları seneler içinde kaybolan yada ifade vermeye korkan muhtemelen binlerce kurban bulunduğunu gösterdi. O zamandan beri bir düzineden fazla eyalet, cinsel tacizle suçlanan din adamları hakkında kapsamlı soruşturmalar başlattı. Bu, daha ilkin din adamlarının 1940'lar ile 2002 yılları aralığında 600'den fazla evladı cinsel istismara uğrattığını iddia eden Maryland'de sürmekte olan bir soruşturmayı da içeriyor. Son yılların en oldukca duyurulan skandallarından birinde, eski Washington Başpiskoposu Kardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, ufaklıklara, genç rahiplere ve tanrı bilim öğrencilerine yönelik cinsel rahatsız etme iddiaları sebebiyle görevden alındı. O biri Katolik Kilisesi'nin en üst düzey yetkilileri cinsel istismar iddiaları üstüne çekilme etti. Illinois soruşturması, Papa Francis'in Mart ayında üst düzey dini liderleri soruşturmak için prosedürler belirleyen 2019 kilise yasasını güncelleme ve genişletme kararını takip ediyor. Yetişkinlerin de rahatsız etme kurbanı olabileceğini ve kanon yasasının yalnız papazların değil, bayağı kilise liderlerinin de soruşturulmasına izin verdiğini doğruladı. Sadece Papa Francis'in, Şili'deki bilhassa şok edici bir sex istismarı skandalını ilk başta görmezden gelmiş olarak "probleminin bir parçası" bulunduğunu kabul etmiş olduğu ve sonunda ülkedeki tüm piskoposların çekilme etmesine yol açmış olduğu göz önüne alındığında, kilisenin kendisini iyi mi etkili bir halde denetim edebileceğini düşlemek zor. . Ve bu, Illinois benzer biçimde yerlerde kolluk kuvvetlerinin kilisenin suiistimalinin boyutunu ortaya çıkarmak için devam eden çabalarına yol açtı.

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Abusan sacerdotes sexualmente de 2 mil niños en Illinois

Agencias/Ciudad de México.- Una investigación de la oficina del Fiscal General de Illinois encontró que 451 clérigos católicos abusaron sexualmente de casi 2 mil niños en el Estado durante un periodo de casi 70 años, más del cuádruple de los 103 individuos que la Iglesia nombró cuando el estado comenzó su revisión en 2018. El Fiscal General Kwame Raoul dijo en una conferencia de prensa este…

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