Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Archives

Senators weigh altering child sex abuse lawsuit time limits

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 2, 2019

State senators are hearing from victims, church advocates, lawyers and others about whether Pennsylvania should alter rules for child sexual abuse claims that occurred too long ago to file a lawsuit.

New chapter opens in Pennsylvania in fight over suing Church

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 28, 2019

When post offices close Monday, the last victim compensation funds at Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses will also close, hours before lawmakers plunge back into a years-old fight over whether to let long-ago victims of child sexual abuse sue perpetrators and institutions that may have covered it up.

Missouri investigation: 12 ex-clergy could face prosecution

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 13, 2019

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday referred 12 former priests for potential criminal prosecution but stopped short of recommending charges against any top church leaders, despite concluding the Catholic Church was involved in “long, sustained and far-reaching cover-up.”

Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese releases clergy names

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 7, 2019

he Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph on Friday released a list of 19 clerics who Bishop James Johnston Jr. said had substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of children against them.

New play tackles Church’s response to sexual abuse crisis

Church in the US
Sep 3, 2019

A new play wrestles with the complexities of the clergy abuse crisis.

Suits allege abuse, cover-up in Pennsylvania diocese

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 29, 2019

Frustrated by the Pennsylvania Legislature, four men are taking advantage of a shifting legal landscape to file suit against the Diocese of Scranton over decades-old allegations of clergy sexual abuse.