From the link you provided:
“The grand jury named 37 priests who remained in active ministry despite credible allegations of sexual abuse.”
Is the grand jury’s report available to the public?
As a Catholic, I want the perverts thrown out of the Church and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I also want the Church to get serious about keeping homosexuals out, at all levels. Enough of this “It’s okay to be a pervert, just supress your urges.”
As someone who knows how our legal system can be abused, however, I also want to ensure the charges against the priests are legitimate, and not fabrications of those who see an opportunity to destroy, or at the very least bankrupt, the Church.
As a Catholic, I want the perverts thrown out of the Church and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I also want the Church to get serious about keeping homosexuals out, at all levels. Enough of this “It’s okay to be a pervert, just supress your urges.”
As someone who knows how our legal system can be abused, however, I also want to ensure the charges against the priests are legitimate, and not fabrications of those who see an opportunity to destroy, or at the very least bankrupt, the Church.
The Grand Jury report is available and is scathing in its condemnation of the Roman Catholic archdiocese which knowingly protected and even promoted dozens pederast priests in Philadelphia.
Here is the Grand Jury report in full. It is harrowing, but should be required reading for every Roman Catholic who entrusts their children to this church.
Part of the anger of the Grand Jury stems from the fact that in 2005 the Grand Jury also issued the following findings and very little if anything was done to correct these evils. From that report...
"When we say abuse, we don’t just mean “inappropriate touching” (as the Archdiocese often chose to refer to it). We mean rape.
Here is the 2005 report. Just check out one list of priests' crimes on page three...