UNITED STATES
The Huffington Post
August 15, 2018
By Rebecca Shapiro
The Pennsylvania attorney general recently released a report on how the Catholic Church covered up decades of sexual abuse.
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle grew emotional as she and co-host Ali Velshi discussed the Pennsylvania grand jury report revealing that the Catholic church had covered up 301 priests’ sex abuse crimes against more than 1,000 children over decades.
Ruhle, who said two of her children attend Catholic school, was visibly upset while introducing a video report and held back tears as she listened to Shaun Dougherty, a survivor, share his story.
“These guys are just like single guys trying to score on the weekend ― with children,” Dougherty said of the abusers. “They visit Niagara Falls. They take them on camping trips. They take them to the beach. They bring them here to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, take them to a Broadway show.”
Ruhle broke down as she listened to Dougherty, and she ended the segment lamenting how once-trusted institutions were failing people.
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