WILKES-BARRE (PA)
Times Leader
June 21, 2018
We respect the sanctity of the American judicial system, including the necessary secrecy of grand jury proceedings.
That doesn’t prevent us from feeling grossly disappointed in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order Wednesday indefinitely holding up the release of a grand jury report into the handling of sexual abuse claims involving six of the eight Roman Catholic dioceses across the state, including the Scranton Diocese.
The report is expected to reveal details of widespread abuse and efforts to conceal it and protect clergy by officials within and outside the church.
The court’s two-paragraph order did not reveal who had filed petitions blocking release of the report, only that those petitions had been granted.
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