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The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today:
The number boggled me. It was given as “more than 300”. Holy cow. And this is only for six of Pennsylvania's eight dioceses. Philadelphia and Altoona-Johnstown were investigated previously. Had I been greatly underestimating the number of priests in Pennsylvania, I wondered. No, there are 792 in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and 207 in the Pittsburgh Diocese. The six dioceses in the report couldn't have more than 1200 priests total. I am speechless with rage and disgust. [ Addendum 20180817: I tried to estimate what fraction of all priests were mentioned in the report and guessed around 6%. ]
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