Pennsylvania, USA: More than 300 priests in six Catholic dioceses sexually abused over 1,000 children

Grand Jury Report Tells Of Massive Clergy Sex Abuse Cases in Six Pennsylvania Catholic Dioceses

Catholic Dioceses of Pennsylvania, USA: Erie, Pittsburgh, Greenburg, Alltona-Johnstown, Harrisburg, Scranton, Allentown, and Philadelphia

Map courtesy: https://www.hbgdiocese.org/about/pa-diocese-map-2/

According to the CNN, the grand jury report made it public on August 14 that internal documents from six Catholic dioceses of Pennsylvania indicate that more than 300 Catholic priests sexually abused over 1,000 children. 

"We believe that the real number of children whose records were lost or who were afraid ever to come forward is in the thousands," the grand jury report continues. 

"Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all. For decades. Monsignors, auxiliary bishops, bishops, archbishops, cardinals have mostly been protected; many, including some named in this report, have been promoted."

These are additional revelations of clergy sex abuse of hundreds of thousands of minors all over the USA. 

For more on the extent and depth of the Catholic clergy sex abuse cases in Pennsylvania, please click on the following: 

• Catholic Church officially shielded sexually predatory priests for decades: grand jury report (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Pennsylvania priests' sexual abuse detailed in grand jury report (Aug. 14, 2018)
• More than 1,000 children abused by Pennsylvania priests, report says (Aug. 14, 2018)
• 'Predator priests' accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Pa. Catholic Church sex abuse report names hundreds of priests, accuses leaders of cover-up: 'They hid it all' (Aug. 14, 2o18)
• [Video] 'Secret archives' detailed priests' child sex abuse and cover-ups, Pa. attorney general says (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Report: Pennsylvania priests molested over 1,000 children (Aug. 14, 2018)
• [Video] Grand jury report says more than 1,000 children were abused by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania (Aug. 14, 2018)
• 'Men of God hid it all': Church protected more than 300 'predator priests' in Pa., grand jury says (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Pa. report on clergy sexual abuse is critical of Cardinal Wuerl (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Cardinal Wuerl named in Pennsylvania grand jury report, responds to criticism (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Official reactions to Pennsylvania report on clerical sex abuse (Aug. 15, 2018)
• Catholic reaction to Pa. priest abuse report varies between strong and silent (Aug. 15, 2018)
• [Video] Priest abuse victims share emotional stories (Aug. 16, 2018)
• Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints (Aug. 16, 2018)
• Former Catholic Priest Says Pennsylvania Bishop Ignored His Reports Of Abuse (Aug. 16, 2018)
• 'Weaponization of faith': Examples from clergy abuse report (Aug. 16, 2018)
• Vatican condemns sexual abuse by priests detailed in Pa. grand jury report (Aug. 16, 2018)
• After two days of silence, Vatican condemns priest sex abuse as 'morally reprehensible' (Aug. 16, 2018)
• How Catholic Bishops Are Reacting To Pennsylvania's Scathing Sex Abuse Report (Aug. 16, 2018)
• 'Go home, be a good priest': How 25 bishops in Pa. Catholic dioceses responded to see abuse (Aug. 17, 2018)
• Catholics and Lawmakers Respond to Sex Abuse Report (Aug. 17, 2018)
• Lies and cover-ups: Catholic Church in Pennsylvania had 'playbook' to keep priest abuse secret, FBI said (Aug. 17, 2018)
• Bishop: I have 'profound remorse' after sex abuse report [Bishop Ronald Gainer of Harrisburg Diocese] (Aug. 17, 2018)
• Vatican wants accountability for abusers, those who protected them (Aug. 17, 2018)
• The Catholic League's attempt to whitewash Catholic Church sex abuse is beyond absurd (Aug. 17, 2018)
• List: Names details of 301 Pa. [Pennsylvania] priest sex abuse allegations in Catholic dioceses (Aug. 18, 2018)
• Child protection expert: PA abuse report horrific [Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J., in Rome] (Aug. 18, 2018)
• How could this happen again? Why this Catholic abuse scandal seems worse than 2002 (Aug. 19, 2018)
• Why the Roman Catholic Church still struggles with sexual abuse scandals (Aug. 19, 2018)
• Pope on sex abuse: 'We showed no care for the little ones' (Aug. 20, 2018)
• The official grand jury report on the Pennsylvania Catholic clergy sex abuse (Aug. 14, 2018) [Full Text]
• Pope Francis: Letter to the People of God [In response to Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse and cover-up in six Catholic dioceses of that state] (Aug. 20, 2018) [Full Text]

Related Items: 

• Former University of Portland president named in Pennsylvania sexual abuse report (Aug. 24, 2018) [Bro. Raphael Wilson, CSC, belonging to the Congregation of Holy Cross, was the president of the University of Portland, Oregon, in 1978-1981 and became a priest in 1994 and served in the State of Pennsylvania]
• A Message from University President Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. (Aug. 24, 2018)

(Updated on August 27, 2018)