Child sex abuse charges filed against nine men with ties to Jehovah’s Witnesses fuel speculation that Pennsylvania grand jury might reveal more about what it's uncovered from a 4-year investigation.
April 19, 2023 GMTMartin Haugh, a former Jehovah's Witnesses elder and father of a sexual abuse victim, holds a subpoena, dated in 2019, ordering him to testify in front of a Pennsylvania grand jury, shown on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in York Haven, Pa. The four-year grand jury investigation overseen by the attorney general's office has produced charges of child sexual abuse against nine men, all affiliated with the faith.
YORK HAVEN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith. The sets of charges filed in October and February have fueled speculation the jury may make public more about what it has uncovered from a four-year investigation.
A similar grand jury investigation into child sexual abuse by Catholic priests culminated in a lengthy
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