PENNSYLVANIA
Philly.com

by Maria Panaritis, STAFF WRITER

Archbishop Charles Chaput has called all Catholic priests from southeastern Pennsylvania to meetings Tuesday to discuss proposed state legislation – as lawmakers in Harrisburg this week consider a bill that for the first time would allow some victims of child sex abuse to sue their attackers and the institutions that employed them.

The priests have been asked to attend one of two meetings, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at St. Helena Church in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, according to a source with knowledge of the event.

The invitations, from by Msgr. Daniel Sullivan, vicar of clergy for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, did not specify which legislation would be discussed.

Archdiocesan spokesman Ken Gavin declined Monday to discuss the gathering, calling it “a private one between the Archbishop and the clergy,” and noting that “such meetings take place on a regular basis.”

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