Allentown Diocese mailing letter on grand jury sex abuse investigation to parishioners

ALLENTOWN (PA)
The Morning Call

July 13, 2018

By Tim Darragh

The Allentown Diocese is mailing more than 80,000 Catholic households an update of its view on the state grand jury report that is looking into the sexual abuse of children by priests and a reiteration of its zero-tolerance policy.

The diocese sent the letter from Bishop Alfred Schlert to the news media Friday.

“The bishop thought it was important to communicate to the people of the diocese during this time when the grand jury report was expected,” said diocesan spokesman Matt Kerr.

In the letter, Schlert says he wants the report reviewing decades of sexual abuse in six dioceses — including Allentown — released as soon as possible.

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