PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Natalie Pompilio
Inquirer Staff Writer
Local Catholics were angry yesterday, one day after the release of a scathing report that concluded the Philadelphia Archdiocese had long ignored or enabled the sexual abuse of children by its priests.
But not all were directing their ire at the church.
Some criticized the District Attorney's Office, which released the grand jury's 418-page report, the result of three years' investigation. Others took the media to task.
Some said they were so disgusted that they would never enter a Catholic church again. Others said their faith had been strengthened by the realization that all are fallible and need the support of prayer.
"It's just devastating," said Mario Vianello, 65, of Northeast Philadelphia, a lifelong Catholic with 12 years of Catholic-school education. He is so disgusted, he said, that he will leave the church as soon as his daughter finishes her senior year at a local Catholic high school.