PHILADELPHIA (PA)
San Antonio Express-News
MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
Updated 05:23 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput has many constituents to consider as he decides the fate of about two dozen priests suspended over child sex-abuse allegations.
The priests have been in limbo during an internal investigation that took more than a year. Their suspensions followed a second damning grand jury report on priest sexual-abuse in Philadelphia.
A person close to the process, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that Chaput plans to announce the outcome of at least some of the investigations Friday. The person is not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
Chaput first discussed the matter with hundreds of Philadelphia priests summoned to a last-minute meeting Wednesday.
“I think he’s smart, meeting with his priests, talking to them,” said the Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University who has written a book on U.S. bishops. “Priests are one of the most important constituencies that a bishop has. He needs them to do almost anything in the diocese.”
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