While Pope Francis was visiting Philadelphia last month, the ten-year anniversary of the groundbreaking 2005 Grand Jury Report
on Child Sex Abuse in the Philadelphia Archdiocese came and went. Let’s
just say it wasn’t one of the topics on the Archdiocese’s agenda for
the Pope.
Nevertheless, it is important to assess what ten years have wrought as it was the most comprehensive report on clergy sex abuse in any jurisdiction in the United States. While it pales in comparison to the Australian Royal Commission’s report on abuse in multiple institutions across an entire country, it remains the benchmark for responsible prosecutorial initiative on clergy sex abuse in the United States.
https://verdict.justia.com/2015/10/29/on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-the-2005-philadelphia-grand-jury-report-on-child-sex-abuse-in-the-archdiocese
Nevertheless, it is important to assess what ten years have wrought as it was the most comprehensive report on clergy sex abuse in any jurisdiction in the United States. While it pales in comparison to the Australian Royal Commission’s report on abuse in multiple institutions across an entire country, it remains the benchmark for responsible prosecutorial initiative on clergy sex abuse in the United States.
https://verdict.justia.com/2015/10/29/on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-the-2005-philadelphia-grand-jury-report-on-child-sex-abuse-in-the-archdiocese
