PITTSBURGH (PA)
Trib Live

August 15, 2018

By Wes Venteicher

A group of people who say they were sexually abused by Catholic priests called on Bishop David Zubik to resign Wednesday, taking issue with his claim that the Pittsburgh Diocese didn’t cover up decades of clergy sexual abuse detailed in a grand jury report.

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, cited Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s claim that “it is clear that the cover-up occurred in the Pittsburgh Diocese along with every other diocese in Pennsylvania. The abuse occurred and it was enabled by this cover-up.”

Zubik said Tuesday there was no cover-up in a news conference he held shortly after Shapiro’s comment. Zubik apologized to victims.

“If Zubik can’t even admit wrongdoing, he very likely won’t stop wrongdoing,” SNAP Midwest Associate Leader Judy Jones said in a news release.