PITTSBURGH (PA)
Tribune Review
October 22, 2018
By Jeff Himler
Monday evening’s listening session inside Greensburg’s Blessed Sacrament Cathedral was a start in the Greensburg Catholic diocese’s attempt to move forward in the wake of accusations of sexual abuse by diocese priests in a state grand jury report released in August.
Referring to one parishioner’s call for a culture change in the diocese and its leadership, Tom Severin of Connellsville said after the session, “That’s really the direction we have to go as far as dealing with the pedophile scandal. It’s not just making rules — it’s actually changing.”
The first of seven planned two-hour listening sessions drew more than 260 people to the Greensburg church to ask questions of and make suggestions to Bishop Edward C. Malesic and a Safe Environment Advisory Council of Catholic and non-Catholic members, formed to advise the church on how best to protect children.
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