PENNSYLVANIA
PennLive
May 16, 2018
By Christine Vendel cvendel@pennlive.com
The Erie Catholic Bishop met with the state’s attorney general Wednesday as the diocese braces for the pending release of a grand jury report on clergy sex abuse that is likely to be unflattering.
Bishop Lawrence Perisco said he and Josh Shapiro met in Erie and “discussed in detail” the diocese’ efforts to implement a revised policy to protect children, Perisco’s testimony before the grand jury and the looming report.
The grand jury that had been studying how six dioceses, including Erie, handled reports of sexual abuse reportedly finished its term April 30, according to goerie.com. That indicates that the report could be released any day.
Perisco said in a news release Wednesday night that he has “chosen to forgo any legal challenges to the grand jury process and its work. I realize that the grand jury report will contain information that will be difficult for all of us to hear, but in order for us to focus on the future, we have to have a solid knowledge of the past.”
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