Will more states follow Pa.’s lead and investigate priest abuse?
Bishop Ronald Gainer, of the Harrisburg Diocese, celebrates mass at the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. The grand jury report released this week found rampant sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by about 300 priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses over seven decades. It criticized Gainer for advocating to the Vatican that two abusive priests not be defrocked. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
(Undated) — In the wake of Pennsylvania’s sweeping and landmark investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy members, some people want to see every Catholic diocese in the country receive the same level of scrutiny.
“I would love to see that happen,” Mark Rozzi, a Pennsylvania state representative who testified as an abuse victim, said
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