SPRINGFIELD (MA)
Springfield Republican via Mass Live
June 22, 2020
By Anne-Gerard Flynn
https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/06/springfield-diocese-to-release-report-wednesday-on-sexual-abuse-allegations-against-late-bishop-christopher-weldon.html
A much anticipated investigative report by retired Superior Court Judge Peter A. Velis into sexual abuse allegations against the late Bishop Christopher J. Weldon will be released Wednesday, June 24, by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.
Mark Dupont, a spokesman for the diocese, said the report will be posted on the diocese’s website at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Velis, who was hired by the diocese last July to investigate the allegations that date back to the 1960s, will meet members of the press at the time, along with Archbishop-designate Mitchell Rozanski, and retired Superior Court Judge Daniel Ford.
Ford heads a diocesan task force that will review any recommendations contained in the report for improving outreach to alleged survivors and how their clergy sexual misconduct claims are handled.
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