PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 16, 2018
By Peter Smith
A Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Catholic bishop said his jurisdiction will respond to a grand jury subpoena for documents related to the sexual abuse of children — the first indication that another grand jury probe into clergy abuse may be underway in Pennsylvania.
Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia told Catholic News Service that the church would comply with providing its files at an upcoming Oct. 24 court hearing.
“The archeparchy and I will fully cooperate with the law enforcement agencies,” he said.
He said the relatively small archeparchy has not had an allegation made against any of its clergy to date.
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