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Grand Jury Report
12_16_2019 40th Pennsylvania Statewide Investigating Grand Jury Report 1 Redacted, Final (.pdf archive).

Section I. Introduction, pp. 0-12.
Section II. The Dioceses, pp. 13-296.
Section III. The Church and Child Abuse, Past and Present, pp. 297-305.
Section IV. Recommendations of the Grand Jury, pp. 307-313.
Section V. Appendix of Offenders, pp. 315-884.

Responses to 40th PA Statewide Investigating Grand Jury Report No. 1 (after p. 884: pp. numbered 0-457. Not reflected in Table of Contents).

UNNAMED and REDACTED alleged abusers / NAMED alleged abusers with REDACTED portions

Diocese of Allentown
Pre-Report Diocese of Allentown Infographic.
Overview of Diocese of Allentown from Section II, pp.15-63.
Appendix of Allentown Offenders from Section V, pp. 317-387.
Responses of Allentown named parties (Separate numbering system after p. 884: pp.1-15).
Alleged Abuser Cases, individually, by packet:

Diocese of Erie
Bishop Donald W. Trautman Pre-Report Infographic.
Pre-Report Diocese of Erie Infographic.
Overview of Diocese of Erie from Section II, pp. 65-112.
Appendix of Erie Offenders from Section V, pp. 389-474.
Responses of Erie named parties (Separate numbering system after p. 884: pp. 16-170).
Alleged Abuser Cases, individually, by packet:

Noteworthy St. Mark Seminary (Erie) yearbooks include: 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979.

Bishop Mark L. Bartchak shares time, place, and leadership with the internal Church investigation of Fr. William Presley. Bartchak's experience as Judicial Vicar for the Diocese of Erie and President of the Canon Law Society of America built his Church resume for becoming a bishop and member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura at the Vatican. His reprobate failures in the Presley case should have resulted in condemnation, not adulation. (.pdf research archive). Bishop Bartchak learned the #PLAYBOOK at the feet of Fr. Salvatore Luzzi and Bishop Donald W. Trautman.

Material related to Bishop Lawrence Persico is presented under his former Diocese of Greensburg.

Diocese of Greensburg
Pre-Report Diocese of Greensburg Infographic.
Overview of Diocese of Greensburg from Section II, pp.113-147.
Appendix of Greensburg Offenders from Section V, pp. 475-516.
Responses of Greensburg named parties (Separate numbering system after p. 884: pp. 171-200).
Alleged Abuser Cases, individually, by packet:

Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt, Jr. is a redacted actor in the Diocese of Greensburg portion (p.14) of the Report, and ostensibly also within the Diocese of Erie section, although easy to deduce via research. Troubling are the circuitous path he took to priestly service in the Diocese of Erie and lingering questions about who sponsored him through the seminary and Vatican Diplomatic Corps; his approved public biographies contradict official directories and news reporting contemporaneous to his early career, an overview of which can be accessed here. He is a man still hiding behind a big chair.

Any question of Bishop Lawrence Persico's readiness to manage clergy sex abuse within the Diocese of Erie on his first day in office is dispelled by knowledge of his management of the cases of Frs. Joseph Sredzinski and Fabian Oris in his time as Chancellor of the Diocese of Greensburg, and the cases of Frs. Charles Guth, Gregory Flohr, Henry Marcinek, Roger Sinclair, and Raymond Lukac during his tenure as Vicar General there alongside Bishop Lawrence Brandt. Prior service also to Bishops Connare and Bosco (who respectively ordained and promoted Persico) in these matters, as well as eight years of leadershop roles in the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference with Cardinal Justin Rigali, Bishop Joseph McFadden and Fr. Michael Servinsky taught Persico what the Church expects of him.

Persico's association with Fr. Leonard Sanesi as a child, an underage seminarian, and newly ordained priest begs certain questions, most especially since Sanesi is accused of molesting two minors at St. Joseph Hall, the seminary into which Sanesi welcomed young Persico in his capacity as Rector and Vocation Director. Did Persico's experience of a seminary official in his home diocese influence his decision not to include Fr. Lawrence Speice on his Diocese of Erie list, despite Speice being amply referenced (pp. 391, 434, & 444) as interceding with PA State Police and diocesan officials to protect and ordain Fr. Michael Amy who molested children under Speice's tutelege?

Bishop Lawrence Persico had direct association with at least 18 individuals who became child sex abusers in at least 4 different dioceses before becoming Bishop of Erie in 2012; knowing two more from that diocese from his time with them at St. Vincent Seminary. These are known individuals identified in Persico's Relational Assignment History, and are by no means an exhaustive accounting.

To say that Persico is personally touched by this issue would be an understatement, and belies his narrative of naivete and inexperience in waiting until pressured by the grand jury to release a list of Erie names in advance of the report; to include lay people he personally covered up, and then criticize the grand jury for not including them (it wasn't in their mandate, nor was it the Attorney General's report, as Persico suggests). Persico personally managed files and cases for 36 years before acting like he was just waking up to the issue in 2018.

Diocese of Harrisburg
Pre-Report Diocese of Harrisburg Infographic.
Overview of Diocese of Harrisburg from Section II, pp.149-206
Appendix of Harrisburg Offenders from Section V, pp.517-585.
Responses of Harrisburg named parties (Separate numbering system after p. 884: pp. 201-220).
Alleged Abuser Cases, individually, by packet:

Diocese of Pittsburgh
Pre-Report Diocese of Pittsburgh Infographic.
Overview of Diocese of Pittsburgh from Section II, pp.207-250.
Appendix of Pittsburgh Offenders from Section V, pp. 587-797.
Responses of Pittsburgh named parties (Separate numbering system after p. 884: pp. 221-404).
Alleged Abuser Cases, individually, by packet:

Diocese of Scranton
Pre-Report Diocese of Scranton Infographic.
Overview of Diocese of Scranton from Section II, pp. 251-296. 
Appendix of Scranton Offenders from Section V, pp. 799-884.
Responses of Scranton named parties (Separate numbering system after p. 884: pp. 405-457).
Alleged Abuser Cases, individually, by packet:

Legislative Efforts & Results
2018_09_24 PA First Lady Frances Wolf addresses child sex abuse through Catholic social seaching.
2018_10_03 PA AG Shapiro campaign-style ad on Pennsylvania lacking "moral and legal clarity".
2019_11_26 Pennsylvania Governor Wolf signs into law partial protections for victims of child sexual abuse.
2021_02_01 PA AG Shapiro quick to assign blame for PA Secretary of State announcement snafu.
2021_02_02 Governor Wolf accepts full responsibility for executive failure of constitutional ammendment.

Media
2018_08_14 Attorney General Josh Shapiro press release, with video. 
My annotated 40th GJ media.
Limited archival video here.

Public Critique
PA GJ statutes under scrutiny after non-indictable crimes and naming of alleged perpetrators, bystanders.
2018_08_17 Richard Lavinthal's rebuke of AG Shapiro for "staging" of victims. Also by Richard: this work bio.
Shapiro gives other state AGs political cover for partial probes.
2019_01_25 Issue, Peter Steinfels Commonweal commentary on the Report as "inaccurate, unfair, and misleading".
2019_01_13 Rebuttal to Steinfels commentary on the Grand Jury and its Report by Christopher Altieri.

Problematic Behaviors Alleged
Allegations of workplace sexual harassment against Governor Shapiro's legislative liaison Mike Vereb.
Governor Shapiro assigns Vereb to organize 5th GJ anniversary with abuse victims after signing settlement.
Advance knowledge of Vereb matter.
Management of victim's narrative by OAG.
Unprofessional communication by OAG.
Grand juror secrecy.

Errata
Statistical inaccuracies by the Pennsylvania OAG will be detailed here. 

Corrections will be posted here as they impact victim cases; before if they are submitted by independent or official parties. Proofreading lapses in both the 40th and 37th Pennsylvania Statewide reports are too numerous to mention.

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