For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands
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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, which serves as the home church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, is seen Tuesday Feb. 24, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, which serves as the home church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, is seen Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Claude Leboeuf, a clergy abuse survivor and advocate, sits for a portrait at his home in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 5, 2026, after a report by the Rhode Island attorney general detailed decades of abuse within the Catholic Diocese of Providence. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)Dr. Herbert "Hub" Brennan, a clergy abuse survivor, displays a 1995 newspaper showing a headline that reads "Diocese has no complaints about jailed priest" at his internal medicine office in East Greenwich, R.I., Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)A statue of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is displayed outside St. Mary's Church, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Cranston, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)A Roman Catholic priest says a prayer during an afternoon Mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, which serves as the home church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)A Roman Catholic priest says a prayer during an afternoon Mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, which serves as the home church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)Church abuse survivor Ann Hagan Webb speaks during an interview at the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)Dr. Herbert "Hub" Brennan, a clergy abuse survivor, shows at a 1995 newspaper article about the arrest of the Rev. Brendan Smyth while at his internal medicine office in East Greenwich, R.I., Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)Claude Leboeuf, a clergy abuse survivor and advocate, poses at his home in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 5, 2026, after a report by the Rhode Island attorney general detailed decades of abuse within the Catholic Diocese of Providence. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, which serves as the home church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, is seen Tuesday Feb. 24, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)