PENNSYLVANIA
WITF
April 16, 2019
By Katie Meyer
By the end of the week, the state House is hoping to pass every proposal included in last year’s grand jury report on decades of child abuse within the Roman Catholic church.
The measures will then await Senate approval. For some of the provisions, that approval isn’t guaranteed.
The grand jury report gave a number of recommendations, all aimed at stemming abuse and keeping institutions from covering it up.
Lawmakers have been working on them since last year. And on Monday, the three final provisions passed out of committee.
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