PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 26, 2018
By Peter Smith
U.S. Attorney William McSwain of Philadelphia has asked all of the nation’s Catholic dioceses and similar institutions to preserve any records related to personnel and the sexual abuse of children.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops confirmed Friday receiving the Oct. 9 letter from Mr. McSwain, who heads the Department of Justice’s Eastern District of Pennsylvania, based in Philadelphia.
The letter asks the conference to preserve abuse-related documents and to ask all of the nation’s dioceses to do the same.
“We have transmitted the U.S. Attorney’s letter at his request and in the spirit of cooperation with law enforcement,” said a statement from the bishops conference Friday morning.
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