Victims group releases 3rd report on priest abuse

    More trouble for the Archdiocese:

    Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is drawing attention to a lesser-known grand jury report on sexually abusive priests in Philadelphia.

    SNAP says the 2003 document affirms what two later grand juries found: that abusive Roman Catholic priests were protected and transferred among parishes.

    The district attorney’s office says it’s an interim report from a grand jury whose 18-month time limit had expired. A second grand jury continued the investigation and released a scathing 2005 report that includes material from the 2003 document. Another grand jury report this year led to criminal charges against three priests and others.

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    The Philadelphia Archdiocese declined comment due to a gag order.

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