The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has received dozens of new allegations since the release of the grand jury report on sexual abuse by priests.
According to Nicholas Vaskov, the executive director of the diocese, it received around 50 new allegations of sexual abuse, all of which happened before 1990. He added that none of the accusations involved clergy.
“This is consistent with our previous statement that 90 percent of the incidents of abuse in the Diocese of Pittsburgh occurred before 1990,” Vaskov said in a statement.
In addition, Vaskov said people reported the new allegations through email and the hotline established by the diocese.
Mike Manko, the spokesman for the district attorney in Allegheny County, told CNN that he was “not aware of any new referrals.” This likely means that the diocese hasn’t reported any of the new allegations to the district attorney’s office.
According to the grand jury report, there were more than 1,000 victims of child sexual abuse by 301 priests since the 1940s.
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