At least 1,997 minors were sexually assaulted by 451 clergy and religious leaders in the Diocese of Illinois (US), according to a new report released Tuesday by the state’s Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

According to research of about 700 pages, the abuses were perpetrated by members of the clergy and other members of the Illinois Catholic Dioceseincluding Belleville, Chicago, Joliet, Peoria, Rockford, and Springfield.

The report adds 149 names on the list of sexual abusers of minors which the dioceses themselves had publicly identified before or during the investigation, bringing the number of individuals identified to 451 and thus quadrupling the figure provided by the Church prior to 2018, when the state began its investigation.

The new names were provided by victims who told investigators about their abuse, who also interviewed religious leaders and reviewed more than 100,000 pages of documents held by the diocese. Of the 451 alleged abusers named in the report, 330 have already died, according to Raoul.

“These perpetrators can never be held accountable in courtbut by listing them here, the intention is to provide public accountability and some degree of healing to survivors who have long suffered in silence,” the attorney general said in a statement.

One of the documented cases is that of priest Thomas Francis Kelly, who abused more than 15 boys between the ages of 11 and 17 in various parishes during the 1960s and 1970s.

One of the testimonies, Joe, who was 11 years old when Kelly abused him, explains in the report that the priest invited him to see a movie and spend the night at the parsonage, where he offered him beer.

Joe woke up in the middle of the night to find Father Kelly performing oral sex on him.. Other victims of the abuse of Kelly, who died in 1990, also share their experiences in the report. The report also contains 50 pages of recommendations for dioceses to be transparent and report abuses.