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Polish Church Report Lists Sex Abuse of Over 300 Children

PBS NewsHour

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A PBS NewsHour (Associated Press wire) report on the Polish Catholic Church's 28 June 2021 abuse report, presented by Archbishop Wojciech Polak, detailing 292 clergy and religious accused across incidents from 1958 to 2020 and the 368 allegations the church received between mid 2018 and the end of 2020.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Reliability tier 2: a major US public broadcaster's wire report on the bishops' conference's own press conference, independent of the church, corroborated by EWTN News/Catholic News Agency's reporting of the same event.
Notes
Tier 2: the source for the 368 allegations, 292 accused and the 1958 to 2020 span, cross checked against EWTN News/CNA's independent reporting of the same 28 June 2021 report.
Citation
Publisher
PBS NewsHour
Publication Year
2021
URL
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/polish-church-report-lists-sex-abuse-of-over-300-children
Source Type
news
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.

Connected

2

Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies

General References

1

Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies

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