SCRANTON (NJ)/WILLKES-BARRE (PA)
NPR
August 22, 2018
By Bobby Allyn
Officials at the University of Scranton and King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. have announced that buildings once honoring now-disgraced bishops will be renamed and that the bishops’ honorary degrees will be revoked.
The move is part of the continuing fallout in the state and across the country from last week’s massive report on clergy sex abuse. As the full effect of the sweeping grand jury report comes into view, many Catholic schools and universities feel as if they are in the eye of the storm and are taking steps to separate themselves from the havoc that the report has spread.
Two other Pennsylvania schools are also considering renaming campus sites dedicated to bishops accused of systemically concealing decades of abuse.
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