“The grand jury ultimately found thousands of children who were abused by 301 predator priests and a systematic cover-up by church leaders that…
“The grand jury ultimately found thousands of children who were abused by 301 predator priests and a systematic cover-up by church leaders that stretched all the way to the Vatican. It was something that we simply couldn’t walk away from,” he said.
“It breaks my heart that they have prioritized the reputation of their institution over the needs of these children.”
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Bishop Timothy L. Doherty, the chair of the bishops’ Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People, said at the time the grand jury report was released last summer, “The report of the Pennsylvania grand jury again illustrates the pain of those who have been victims of the crime of sexual abuse by individual members of our clergy, and by those who shielded abusers and so facilitated an evil that continued for years or even decades.”
“As a body of bishops, we are shamed by and sorry for the sins and omissions by Catholic priests and Catholic bishops,” they said in a statement.
