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A four-year investigation into sexual abuse in Kansas’ Catholic dioceses and a breakaway Catholic sect has identified 188 clergy members suspected of committing criminal acts, according to a report released Friday by outgoing Attorney General Derek Schmidt. But because of statute of limitations issues, no charges have yet resulted from the investigation conducted by the state’s top law enforcement agency. “In summary, the task force received and reviewed 41,265 pages of records, received and reviewed 224 tips, interviewed 137 victims of abuse, initiated 125 criminal cases and distributed 30 charging affidavits to the appropriate prosecutors for charging consideration,” wrote Kansas Bureau of Investigation director Kirk Thompson in a letter to Schmidt. “Our investigations identified 188 clergy members suspected of committing various criminal acts, to include: aggravated criminal sodomy, rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated sexual battery.” Head to the li...

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