TOLEDO (OH)
The Toledo Blade
August 21, 2018
By and large, criminal complaints, affidavits and other documents prepared by law-enforcement agencies are poorly written.
They’re portentous, heavy on jargon and short on style, with one simple sentence following another monotonously. Even if rich in detail, getting through them can be a slog.
Not so the Pennsylvania grand jury report on sexual abuse of children in the Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg and Scranton dioceses. Echoing the format of a report another grand jury produced two years ago about sexual abuse in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, the 884-page document released Aug. 14 grabs readers from the very first sentence:
“We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this.”
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