Catholic leaders in Texas on Thursday identified 286 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children, a number that represents one of the largest collections of names to be released since a shocking Pennsylvania report last August detailed seven decades of child sexual abuse by more than 300 predator priests and the Illinois attorney general reported last month that at least 500 Catholic clergy in that state had sexually abused children.
In the months after that report, about 50 dioceses and religious provinces have released the names of nearly 1,250 priests and others accused of abuse.
