UNITED STATES
The Associated Press
November 27, 2019
In a story sent Oct. 4 and 5 about clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse living with little to no oversight from authorities, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Massachusetts does not have a public database of teacher licenses. The state added a license look-up page to its website in 2016.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Without oversight, scores of accused priests commit crimes
An Associated Press investigation found that nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living with little to no oversight from authorities, decades after the first wave of the Catholic church abuse scandal
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