Maryclaire Dale

Maryclaire Dale is an author at Religion News Service.

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Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania

By Maryclaire Dale and Peter Smith — July 10, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Critics say that Jehovah's Witnesses elders have treated child sexual abuse as a sin rather than a crime, documenting complaints in internal files but not reporting them to authorities.

20-year church abuse probe ends with monsignor’s quiet plea

By Maryclaire Dale — December 24, 2022
(AP) — A spokesperson for District Attorney Larry Krasner, who inherited the case from his predecessors, called Lynn's unannounced Nov. 2 plea 'the appropriate path for bringing finality and closure to the victims.'
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