More 300 US priests accused of abuse

Updated August 15 2018 - 6:36pm, first published 4:37am
A report has criticised Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl for his role in concealing abuse.
A report has criticised Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl for his role in concealing abuse.

More than a thousand children were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a landmark grand jury report.

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