It was an earth-shattering scandal, the likes of which hadn’t been seen before in the U.S.
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro investigated six Catholic dioceses simultaneously. Before the report was made public, Bishop Lawrence Persico of the Erie Diocese released a list of names of priests and church personnel who had credible accusations of abuse lodged against them.
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