PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia via BishopAccountability.org

May 4, 2012
Below is background information regarding those cases announced today of priests placed on
administrative leave after the 2011 grand jury report. Notification had been made at their most
recent parish assignment at that time. Announcements of the final resolution of their cases will be made at those parishes this weekend.

Prior to reaching a final resolution, each case was submitted to the appropriate local district
attorney’s office as the process is designed to ensure that the district attorney has an opportunity for review before an Archdiocesan investigation proceeds. After receiving clearance that investigation was conducted by the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) led by veteran child abuse prosecutor Gina Maisto Smith. The results of the investigations were provided to the Archdiocesan Review Board (ARB), which provided a recommendation to the Archbishop, who made the final…