ALLENTOWN (pa)
Morning Call
May 23, 2018
By Steve Esack and Tim Darragh
The Allentown and Scranton Catholic dioceses will not attempt to stall publication of a statewide grand jury report expected to detail decades of clergy sex abuse.
Officials at the two dioceses made the announcements Thursday, two days after Erie’s bishop said he would not try to prevent the report’s pending release.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is finishing the report of a grand jury investigation started in 2016 into six of the state’s eight Catholic dioceses: Allentown, Harrisburg, Scranton, Erie, Greensburg and Pittsburgh. It has not said when it will be released.
“The Diocese of Allentown continues to cooperate fully with the Office of the Attorney General,” spokesman Matt Kerr said in a statement Thursday. “We will not challenge the release of the grand jury report.”
Scranton Diocese spokesman William Genello issued a similar statement.
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