PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 22, 2018
By Peter Smith
More than two months after a landmark state grand jury report told a devastating history of sexual abuse by priests, more than 200 Catholics gathered at Greensburg’s cathedral to report back.
In short, they were angry at the reports of sexual abuse by priests and the cover-ups that followed.
At the first of a series of listening sessions being held throughout the Diocese of Greensburg in the coming weeks, Bishop Edward Malesic paced the center aisle of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg, listening as the microphone passed from one person to another, each angered over the reports of abuse, but often for different reasons.
“When we look at our history as a family and (wonder) how could that happen, I know there are feelings of confusion and anger and disappointment,” Bishop Malesic said. “So I wanted to have a gathering as family so we could dialogue.”
Beyond the revulsion expressed toward the sexual abuse, described in gruesome detail in the grand jury report, there was no common thread in the comments, which several people read from notes that shook in their hands.
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