South Burlington, Vt. • A report released Thursday by Vermont’s Roman Catholic Church found there were “credible and substantiated” allegations of the sexual abuse of minors against 40 priests in the state since 1950.
All but one of those allegations occurred before 2000, and none of the priests is still in ministry, the report said. Most of the priests who were named in the report are now dead.
“While most of these allegations took place at least a generation ago, the numbers are still staggering,” said Bishop Christopher Coyne, who leads the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, which covers the state.