
Criminal Justice
As Pa. overhauls prison book policies, inmates’ rights groups cry foul
All books will now have to go through the Department of Corrections.
6 years ago
Precedent for possible criminal charges of Pa. Catholic leadership rooted in landmark Philly case
While scathing, last month’s grand jury report about clergy sex abuse in Pennsylvania was released with ...
6 years ago
Listen 4:08Survivors of child sex abuse again push Pa. to suspend statute of limitations
Lawmakers are also urged to provide a two-year window for past victims to file civil charges retroactively.
6 years ago
Listen 1:47Pa. prisons resume new normal after lockdown
All 25 Pennsylvania state prisons are operating under a new normal after a 12-day lockdown.
6 years ago
Legal battle lingers in release of full report on Pa. clergy sex abuse scandal
In the latest court documents, about a dozen clergy members, whose names have been withheld from the grand jury report, claim their due process rights have been violated.
6 years ago
Pa. Catholics grapple with the church in wake of ‘predator priest’ report
Following a blistering grand jury report alleging widespread sexual abuse by priests, Catholics across the state have been wrestling with their faith and future in the church.
7 years ago
In a single Pennsylvania parish, 5 priests accused of abuse
A lacerating grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pa. is especially difficult reading for a church where five of the accused priests served as pastor
7 years ago
Allentown priest charged with sexual assault of high school student
Updated: 3:59 p.m. Lehigh County prosecutors have charged a catholic priest from the Allentown Diocese with assa ...
7 years ago
Listen 2:22Former priest with insider view among the 1,000 victims in Pa. clergy abuse report
James Faluszczak quit the priesthood in 2014, and he’s one of dozens of witnesses who testified before the grand jury about their experiences of abuse.
7 years ago
Listen 5:24New Pa. school safety funding on track for March 2019
The funds are part of a bipartisan bill signed into law in the months after the Parkland, Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.
7 years ago
Father of son abused by clergy falls deeper into ‘dark hole’ in wake of new report
For victims and their families, having these reports come to light can be a vindication, but there are also a lot of difficult emotions that can be a struggle to process.
7 years ago
Listen 6:57Pa. grand jury interim report on clergy child sexual abuse is public. What’s next?
More than 300 “predator priests” allegedly sexually abused over one thousand victims in six Pennsylva ...
7 years ago
Report details 1,000 victims of child sexual abuse by 300 ‘predator priests’ across Pa.
The roughly 900 page report, paints a horrid portrait of activity that occurred in the dioceses of Scranton, Allentown, Harrisburg, Greensburg, Erie and Pittsburgh.
7 years ago
Listen 11:55Report on Catholic Church abuse delayed (again) by objections from clergy
A redacted version could have been released Tuesday, but clergy named in the report have filed objections.
7 years ago
Ahead of redacted report, some Pa. Catholic dioceses release names of accused priests
The report, lead by the Pa. Attorney General, is the result of a nearly two-year investigation that probes back seven decades and identifies more than 300 “predator priests"
7 years ago
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