HARRISBURG (PA)
WHTM
June 21, 2018
By Priscilla Liguori
Victim advocates and lawyers are outraged after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocked the release of a clergy sexual abuse report.
State Rep. Mark Rozzi says he felt like he was punched in the gut after hearing the announcement.
Rozzi was abused by a priest when he was a child and says he wants both the church and victims to know that the fight for transparency isn’t over.
“The abuse is still being covered up, and their lawyers are still fighting their dirty battles for them,” said Rozzi.
Money and power are the reasons Rozzi believes the court indefinitely blocked the report. The court said it was granting anonymous requests.
“When you have all the bishops in this investigation come out and say they support the release of the grand jury but there’s somebody else standing behind them … it draws grave concern,” said Rozzi.
The report was supposed to examine decades of abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses.
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