Most of the abuse happened before 2002, and statutes of limitation kept nearly all of it out of court.
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The investigation produced no new charges or indictments.
The headline attributes this to the AG's findings. The Guardian, ABC News and the Worcester Diocese statement support 'no new indictments'. However, the story's own bullet says one referral led to charges, and GBH, Reuters/GV Wire, Boston 25 and Arab News report charges in one Worcester case. 'Zero
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Most of the abuse predates 2002, so statutes of limitation and the law at the time left the probe with zero new indictments.
This is a causal claim in the desk's voice, not attributed in the story. It matches the report's reasoning as reported by ABC News (pre-2002 law) and Western Mass News (the conduct was not a crime then and limits had expired). The 2003 Boston AG report notes that the reporting law did not cover prie
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Investigators reviewed more than 300,000 pages of documents and conducted more than 100 interviews.
The story attributes this to Axios, and Axios is the only listed source for these figures. Bishop da Cunha's statement that the Fall River diocese provided 80,000-plus pages is consistent with the total but does not confirm it.