Boston Globe 2003:

"At least 789 children and probably more than 1,000 have been sexually abused by 250 priests and other church workers in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston since 1940, according to a 16-month investigation by the Massachusetts attorney general that was made public today.
The attorney general, Thomas F. Reilly, described the clergy sexual abuse scandal that has rocked Boston since early 2002 as ''the greatest tragedy to children in the history of the commonwealth.''