Twelve Suits Alleging Sexual Abuse in Pittsburgh Diocese Include 4 Priests Not Previously Named

By Paula Reed Ward
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
November 15, 2018

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Twelve lawsuits filed Thursday in Allegheny County against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh include accusations of sexual abuse against four priests not previously named.

The four priests, who were not listed in the statewide investigating grand jury report released in August, are the Revs. Peter Pilarski, John Unger, George Leech and Joseph Feltz. They are not among those the Diocese of Pittsburgh lists on its website as having been credibly accused of abuse.

The complaints, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, name as defendants Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik and Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, who was formerly bishop in Pittsburgh. They allege that the church and officials there knew about abusive priests but did nothing to stop them.