Sex-abuse report looms over Catholic dioceses

April 17, 2018

By PETER SMITH, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 16, 2018

Since July 2016, a grand jury seated in Pittsburgh has been quietly hearing testimony on alleged rape and sexual abuse of children by priests and others associated with the Roman Catholic Church.

The scope of the investigation spans seven decades and from one end of Pennsylvania to the other.

What is expected in the coming weeks is a report that could be the most comprehensive and geographically expansive official report ever produced in the United States on the enormity of the scandal.

The 40th Statewide Grand Jury had an 18-month term, extended by four months to the end of April, according to those familiar with its work.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro is refusing to confirm . . .

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John Nesbella commented 2018-04-18 07:25:09 -0500
So how many bishops and priests will be indicted?
None, I guess.
Will this make the roman church defrock or remove any guilty clergymen?
Nope!
Will this report move any church authority to reach out and make reparations to the many survivors for whom the SOL has passed?
I doubt it.
Will this make any roman catholic pew potatoes finally realize that their church needs reformed?
They are already so dead in denial-they will call it a persecution of their holy church.
So what is the point?

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