Meghan Hoyer, Author at Concord Monitor

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, a lawmaker is silhouetted as he walks past a window in the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. While most states have not yet considered law changes to screen former clergy members who seek licenses for jobs that put them in contact with children, at least 20 state attorneys general are conducting investigations of how church officials handled abuse allegations, including reporting them to civil law enforcement, largely in the wake of...

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States use Catholic clergy abuse lists to screen applicants

by Claudia Lauer Associated Press, and Meghan Hoyer Associated PressFebruary 7, 2020

In the wake of revelations that scores of Roman Catholic priests and religious workers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living unsupervised in communities across the country, state officials face a quandary: Should they screen former clergy…