ALLENTOWN (PA)
Diocese of Allentown Website
July 13, 2018
By Bishop Alfred A. Schlert
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
As you know, there is a Statewide Grand Jury Report on clergy sexual abuse in six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania, including the Diocese of Allentown. The release of that Report has been held up because of legal challenges. No one knows how long the Report will be delayed, so I am writing today to provide you with some information on this important issue.
I would like you to know that the Diocese of Allentown has cooperated with the Grand Jury and the Attorney General, and has done absolutely nothing to delay or block the Report, or to support anyone who is trying to do so.
In fact, my sincere wish is that the Report is released as soon as possible. The information it contains will be difficult to hear. However, this information does need to be heard, and it needs to be used by all of us to accomplish our shared goal: the elimination of child abuse in the Church and wherever it occurs in society.
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