Pa. Priest Abuse: Bishop Gainer Says Children Will Be Taught to Report Suspicious Actions

By Candy Woodall
York Daily Record
January 11, 2019

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Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer stood in front of an altar still decorated for Christmas and apologized to priest abuse survivors, and other parishioners, for the Catholic church's sins of the past.

The abuses and cover-ups that have been publicly reported extend from about 1940 through last year, but the diocese's safety plans raise questions about whether there are enough protections in place today to ensure children are never sexually abused again.

Gainer spoke Thursday night to about 250 people at Saint Catherine Laboure Parish in Swatara Township near Harrisburg, leading the first of nine listening sessions that will be held throughout the diocese. The final session is the only one that will be held in York County, and it will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 at St. Rose of Lima Parish, 950 West Market Street.