PITTSBURGH (PA)
Post-Gazette
August 17, 2018
By Anya Sostek
After months of delay, the grand jury report on child sex abuse among Pennsylvania clergy is out. And for some area priests, the process of consoling a stunned congregation is well underway.
In the days since the release of the report, priests have been addressing it in person, in bulletins and even on Twitter.
The Rev. Lou Vallone, pastor of St. John of God Parish in McKees Rocks and St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Crescent, said that he isn’t sure whether he will address the grand jury report in his Sunday homily. But he’s spent much of the week hearing from “devastated” members of his parishes.
“To be honest, our people are moving beyond anger into rage over this,” he said. “We can and must deal with anger, especially when it’s justified. When people ask me and talk to me, if somebody is enraged and just going over the top, I just absorb it. When they’re enraged, I just stand and absorb it.”
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