Erie Catholic Diocese says they’re withholding names of two accused priests from grand jury report

ERIE (PA)
GoErie.com

December 4, 2018

By Lori Wescoat

Court sides with some priests in Pennsylvania abuse report, shields names

The Erie Catholic Diocese responded to reports of two priests’ names being redacted from the grand jury report.

Yesterday, we reported that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the 11 Roman Catholic clergy cited in the grand jury report on sexual abuse could not be made public, saying that releasing the information would have violated the clergymen’s state constitutional right to have their reputations protected.

Two of those 11 clergymen were from the Erie Catholic Diocese.

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