Dioceses of Worcester, Springfield and Fall River
2 reports indexed, newest first.
October 2026
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Massachusetts AG meets clergy abuse survivors, renews push to end statute of limitations
Weeks after her report on three dioceses, Attorney General Andrea Campbell met privately with survivors and described her office's push to lift time limits, remove the charitable immunity cap and open a lookback window. Some survivors said investigators never contacted them.
September 2026
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Massachusetts AG report finds hundreds of clergy abused nearly 1,000 children in three dioceses
The Massachusetts attorney general released the state's first investigation into clergy abuse in three Catholic dioceses, finding that more than 270 clergy abused close to 1,000 children going back to the 1950s. The report notes Worcester remains the only diocese in the state without a public list of credibly accused priests.