How far can state go in investigating Catholic sex abuse claims?

ATLANTA (GA)
Journal Constitution

May 1, 2019

By Shelia M. Poole

Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has one goal in the review of sex abuse allegations in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Savannah Diocese.

“We will follow the facts where they lead us and go from there,” said Skandalakis, a career prosecutor, who joined PAC last year after more than two decades in public office. There could be further investigation or, perhaps, prosecutions by local district attorneys.

“Our role is to make sure this is an open and transparent investigation so that the public has faith that any past errors will not be repeated and, from this point going forward, cases like this will be handled differently in accordance with the law,” Skandalakis said in a Wednesday interview.

The state Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council is a judicial branch government agency that supports Georgia prosecutors and staffs.

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