MECHANICSVILLE (PA)
PennLive
July 23, 2018
By Ivey DeJesus
As Catholic officials and the faithful across Pennsylvania await the release of a comprehensive statewide investigation report into clergy sex abuse, arguably the state’s most outspoken Catholic bishop reiterated a warning as to the severity of those findings.
“It certainly is going to be sobering,” said Bishop Lawrence Persico, the head of the Erie Diocese. “The report is rather graphic, and it will be very detailed on what has occurred.”
During a phone interview with PennLive this weekend from his diocese, Persico broached broad and specific issues regarding the 18-month-long investigation by the state Office of Attorney General. The grand jury report remains under a court seal amid challenges filed by at least two dozen priests and other individuals named in the report but not charged.
“I think in looking historically at it you may see bishops named who probably in view of the way we do things now as compared to 20 or 30 years ago, it would not be considered acceptable that type of action,” he said.
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