MOOSIC (PA)
WNEP 16 ABC
July 18, 2018
By Peggy Lee
Scranton, Pa. – At St. Ann’s Basilica in west Scranton, the faithful make their annual pilgrimage to participate in the weeklong novena.
This religious service comes as the state attorney general is attempting to release an 800-page grand jury report that details decades of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
But that’s currently being denied by a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order after a group of unnamed individuals petitioned to keep it under wraps.
People at the novena say the report needs to come out.
“It pains me as a Catholic, and I think that to be forthcoming about the abuses is going to help everyone in the end and the healing process,” said Kristen Lemoncelli from Peckville. “So I just hope for the best for all families and victims involved.”
“You want the truth to come out and what’s right, should be brought to the surface and justice should be done then to help the victims,” said Joanne Simmens from Moscow.
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