HARRISBURG (PA)
Diocese of Harrisburg

By Very Rev. Robert M. Gillelan, Jr.
Secretary for Clergy and Consecrated Life

[This letter from a diocesan official was posted on the website of St. Joseph’s parish in York PA. It refers to articles by reporter Brandie Kessler that appeared in the York Daily Record:
– 15 priests accused of abuse had ties to Harrisburg diocese
– List: Accused priests with ties to Harrisburg diocese

See also our overview of diocesan and religious order lists of accused.]

I am writing to alert you to a newspaper article that we expect will be published in the York Daily Record soon. It will address several specific cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Diocese of Harrisburg. Some cases were well publicized previously, so they may be familiar to you already; others had a lower profile. We made…