SPRINGFIELD (MA)
The Republican
November 9, 2018
By Anne-Gerard Flynn
Bishop Mitchell Rozanski, who will attend next week’s bishops meeting in Baltimore, said his Springfield diocese has not had any “specific local requests” to reopen investigations here into clergy sex abuse cases.
Rozanski said his diocese, which covers the four counties of Western Massachusetts, has been asked by the U.S. Department of Justice, as all dioceses have in the wake of a Pennsylvania report, to “preserve” its related documents.
“To date while we have not had any specific local requests, like all U.S. dioceses, we have been asked to preserve documents as part of the U.S. Attorney’s investigation focusing on the Pennsylvania dioceses,” Rozanski said.
“I have expanded this request to include all our parishes and schools.”
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will gather Monday through Wednesday for its 2018 Fall General Assembly in Baltimore.
Rozanski will be among the attendees who will vote on proposals approved by the USCCB’s administrative committee to address clergy sex abuse issues that continue to impact dioceses around country.
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