PHILADELPHIA -- The leaders of the Philadelphia Archdiocese — including two former archbishops — actively concealed sexual abuse by priests for decades. Following the nation's longest-running grand jury probe into priest abuse, the scathing report documents assaults on minors by more than 60 priests since 1945 — including 12 who served in the Lehigh Valley region at some time — and alleges that the former archbishops, Cardinals Anthony Bevilacqua and John Krol, covered up the abuse.
Posted by Editor at September 22, 2005 09:48 AM