Pa. attorney general charges four Jehovah’s Witnesses with sexual abuse of 19 children

Charges stem from a grand jury investigation that started after a 2018 Inquirer investigation examined how Witness leaders punished survivors after they reported abuse or sought help from police.

The state Attorney General's office has been investigating sexual abuse within the membership since 2019.Read moreKen Wolter / MCT

by David Gambacorta and Barbara Laker

Updated Oct. 27, 2022, 4:40 p.m. ET

Published Oct. 27, 2022, 1:18 p.m. ET