PITTSBURGH (PA)
Tribune Review
October 17, 2018
By Deb Erdley
A grand jury report that detailed rampant clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups in six Catholic dioceses across Pennsylvania continued Wednesday as the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg announced the formation of a new advisory council for the protection of children, and officials in Harrisburg debated one of the grand jury’s more controversial recommendations.
Bishop Edward Malesic of the Greensburg diocese said a retired state trooper, a lawyer, a college student, a clinical psychologist and abuse survivor are among the individuals who will serve on a lay advisory council the diocese formed to assure the safety of children and vulnerable individuals.
Malesic said the Safe Environment Advisory Council — which will advise the church on best practices for the protection of children and issue an annual compliance report on those guidelines — consists of Catholics and non-Catholics. The panel, which includes nine individuals from the four-county diocese, will begin its work overseeing listening sessions in parishes next week.
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