Clergy sex-abuse report: These 9 accused priests had postings around Philly

By Jeremy Roebuck
Philly.com
August 15, 2018

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/catholic-priest-clergy-sex-abuse-report-philadelphia-ties-20180815.html?amphtml=y

A visitor leaves near the end of a Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Aug. 15.

Philadelphia wasn’t a focus of the landmark grand jury report that state Attorney General Josh Shapiro released Tuesday accusing hundreds of priests across Pennsylvania of sexual abuse involving more than 1,000 purported victims over decades. But it was inevitable there would be links to the state’s largest city and its only Roman Catholic archdiocese.

Some priests accused in the report had postings in the region during their careers. Some victims said they were abused here. And two towering figures in the history of the Philadelphia Archdiocese – the late Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua and his former aide Bishop Edward Cullen — played significant leadership roles in two of the dioceses investigated, either before or after they came to Philadelphia.

Read on for a summary of links to the Philadelphia and South Jersey region.