Saginaw County, MI: After a priest was arrested last month on allegations of child sexual assault, police have raided multiple Catholic church properties as they investigated the flood of accusations against multiple clergymen. Dozens of police officers also raided the home of Bishop Joseph Cistone. The raids were carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into apparently rife sexual abuse in the church—and their history of covering it up. According to Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Mark Gaertner, the police raids were necessary because the church was refusing to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into a torrent of sexual abuse allegations.

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