HARRISBURG (PA)
Associated Press via PennLive
July 6, 2018
By Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy
[Includes video ‘It will be the worst’: Rep. Mark Rozzi speaking on upcoming Catholic Church grand jury report and on SOL reform in Pennsylvania.]
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Friday decided against immediately releasing an investigative grand jury’s report into allegations of decades of child sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses, instead saying it would hear arguments from priests and others that making it public would violate their constitutional rights.
The state Supreme Court gave lawyers for those who object to being named in the nearly 900-page report and want to prevent its disclosure until Tuesday to lay out their arguments in writing, and the attorney general’s office until July 13 to respond.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro has said he wants the report made public as soon as possible, noting that unindicted people who were cited in the report in a way that “could be construed as critical” were given an unrestricted right to file responses that are expected to be released along with the report.
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