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Lincoln diocese declares fasting day after sex abuse report

November 10, 2021 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese in Lincoln has declared a day of fasting for its priests in response to a report that identified hundreds of cases of church sex abuse in Nebraska since the 1930s.

Nebraska AG finds 258 victims of Catholic church sex abuse

By GRANT SCHULTENovember 4, 2021 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska attorney general's office investigation identified 258 victims who made credible allegations of sexual abuse against 57 Catholic church officials in the state going back decades, including many that high-ranking church leaders knew about and didn't report to the authorities, according to a report released Thursday.

Nebraska officials subpoena hundreds of Catholic churches

By MARGERY A. BECKFebruary 26, 2019 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials have subpoenaed more than 400 Roman Catholic churches and institutions in the state seeking any records related to child sexual assault or abuse.

The move was announced Tuesday by the Nebraska Attorney General's Office, which had last summer asked Nebraska's three Catholic diocese to voluntarily turn over records of child sex abuse dating back decades.