PENNSYLVANIA
Times-Tribune
STAFF AND WIRE REPORT
MAY 18, 2018
The Diocese of Scranton, along with two other Roman Catholic dioceses in the state, won’t stand in the way of a grand jury report expected to detail decades of sex abuse by members of the clergy.
“The Diocese of Scranton continues to cooperate fully with the grand jury and has informed the Attorney General’s office that it will not challenge the release of the report,” Diocese of Scranton spokesman Bill Genello said in an emailed statement Thursday. Genello would not comment further. Diocese of Scranton Bishop Joseph C. Bambera could not be reached for comment.
The dioceses of Erie and Allentown issued similar statements.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and his office are finishing the report, according to a story in The Morning Call of Allentown. The report is expected to outline a grand jury investigation, started in 2016, into six of eight Catholic dioceses that serve communities in nearly every part of the state.
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