PENNSYLVANIA
GoErie.com
June 23, 2018
By Ed Palattella
Unsettled questions of law appear to be behind state Supreme Court order to hold off on making findings public.
The statewide grand jury report on child sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses, including the Catholic Diocese of Erie, is unprecedented due to its scope and the legal issues surrounding its release.
The extraordinary nature of the legal issues appears to have influenced the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to delay releasing the report until the court rules on requests from several individuals who are named in the 884-page document, which remains under seal.
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