Editorial | Victims deserve release of dioceses reports without further delay

JOHNSTOWN (PA)
The Tribune-Democrat

June 24, 2018

By John Rucosky

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania must move forward with the release of reports into child sexual abuse in six of the state’s dioceses.

Residents and parishioners in those regions – and especially abuse victims – deserve the right to have this information made public without further delay.

On Wednesday, the high court delayed the release of reports for dioceses based in Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Erie, Harrisburg, Allentown and Scranton.

We had expected the presentments to be made public this week.

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