Henshaw: Clergy sex abuse report makes for interesting legal debate

PENNSYLVANIA
Reading Eagle

July 20, 2018

By Steven Henshaw

There are valid issues from those objecting to its release.

All through my junior/senior high school and college years, I enjoyed those classes taught by instructors who would deviate from the lesson plan to discuss a topic in the news.

Not everyone appreciates this. Those in that camp probably choose other lines of work and don’t go into journalism, law and politics.

It’s too bad law schools are on summer break. A grand jury’s much-anticipated report on clergy abuse in six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania, including the Allentown Diocese covering Berks and Schuylkill counties, would serve as a fascinating topic to dissect. The issue encompasses such legal principles as privacy, defamation, due process and constitutionality.

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