Complicit Clergy

Former Pittsburgh Priest Secretly Filmed Teen Boy in Target Store Bathroom

December 9, 2021 from Trib Live by Mega Guza

While this incident occurred after the priest left the priesthood, it again confirms the Church has failed to appropriately screen individuals prior to ordination. A former priest named in the 2018 Catholic Church abuse report was arrested Tuesday after police said he filmed a teenage boy in the bathroom of an East Liberty Target store, … Read more

Clergy Sex Abuse Class Action Lawsuit Against Pittsburgh Diocese Seeks To Add Greensburg, Others

February 12, 2020 from Trib Live by Staff

Lawyers in a class action suit trying to force the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to open its clergy abuse archives expanded their campaign to include the Greensburg, Harrisburg and Altoona-Johnstown dioceses as well as the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The move comes one month after Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Christine Ward ruled the lawsuit … Read more