A bombshell report by a grand jury in Pennsylvania has extensively detailed for the first time how 300 priests sexually abused more than 1,000 children and how church leaders, some of whom are still alive, covered it up
The report refers to six different diocese where children were raped, plied with alcohol, or forced to perform for priests to produce pornographic material over the course of several years
Most of the victims are boys but some girls are also included. According to the report, church leaders covered the abusive acts up by claiming priests or clergymen were playing around or 'wrestling' with the children
The 800-page report said more than 300 clergy committed the abuse over a period decades, beginning in the mid-1950s
But because so many are now dead or their alleged crimes falls outside the statute of limitations, only two have been charged as a result of the investigation
They are John Thomas Sweeney who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in July
In 1992, he made the fourth grader perform oral sex on him. SCROLL DOWN FOR FULL LIST The other priest is David Poulson
He was charged in May with indecently assaulting two boys over the course of several years
One was eight and the other was 15 when he allegedly began abusing them. As part of the investigation, records from the dioceses of Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton were analyzed
Some were manipulated with alcohol or pornography. Some were made to masturbate their assailants, or were groped by them
Some were raped orally, some vaginally, some anally Combined, the dioceses serviced more than half of Pennsylvania's 3
2million Catholic residentsPennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the two-year probe found a systematic cover-up by senior church officials in Pennsylvania and at the Vatican
'Today, Pennsylvanians can learn the extent of sexual abuse in the dioceses and for the first time we can begin to understand the systematic cover up by church leaders that followed,' he said
'The cover-up was sophisticated. 'And all the while, shockingly, church leadership kept records of the abuse and the cover-up
'These documents, from the dioceses' own 'Secret Archives,' formed the backbone of this investigation,' he said at a news conference in Harrisburg
The abuse ranged from groping and masturbation to anal, oral and vaginal rape.'Church officials routinely and purposefully described the abuse as horseplay and wrestling and inappropriate conduct
'It was none of those things. It was child sexual abuse, including rape,' Shapiro said
The panel concluded that a succession of Catholic bishops and other diocesan leaders tried to shield the church from bad publicity and financial liability by covering up abuse, failing to report accused clergy to police and discouraging victims from going to law enforcement
Yet the grand jury's work won't result in justice for the vast majority of those who say they were molested by priests as children
While the probe yielded charges against two clergymen - including a priest who has since pleaded guilty, and another who allegedly forced his accuser to say confession after each sex assault - the other priests identified as perpetrators are either dead or will avoid arrest because their alleged crimes are too old to prosecute under state law
'We are sick over all the crimes that will go unpunished and uncompensated,' the grand jury said
The document comes at a time of renewed scrutiny and fresh scandal at the highest levels of the U
S. Catholic Church. Pope Francis stripped 88-year-old Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of his title and ordered him to a lifetime of prayer and penance amid allegations that McCarrick had for years sexually abused boys and had sexual misconduct with adult seminarians
Among those criticized in the report is Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the former longtime bishop of Pittsburgh who now leads the Washington archdiocese, for what it said was his part in the concealment of clergy sexual abuse
Wuerl, one of the highest-profile cardinals in the United States, released a statement Tuesday that said he had 'acted with diligence, with concern for the victims and to prevent future acts of abuse
' He said ahead of the report's release that he expected to be criticized in it. The state Supreme Court had set a Tuesday deadline to publicly release a redacted version of the roughly 900-page report
Some current and former clergy named in the report went to court to prevent its release, arguing it violated their constitutional rights to reputation and due process of law
The state Supreme Court said the public had a right to see it, but ruled the names of priests and others who objected to the findings would be blacked out pending a September hearing on their claims
The high court says it'll consider their claims in September, but in the meantime ordered the report released with the identities of those clergy members concealed
Shapiro said he wants an un-redacted report to be issued.'Let me be very clear — my office is not satisfied with the release of a redacted report
'Every redaction represents an incomplete story of abuse that deserves to be told,' he said
A number of senior clergy reacted on Tuesday, expressing sorrow and regret over the alleged abuse
Bishop Lawrence T. Persico, the head of the Diocese in Erie, gave a statement on Tuesday after the release of the grand jury's report
'I want to express my sorrow and apologize to the victims of sexual abuse that occurred in the Diocese of Erie,' he told WHP-TV in Harrisburg
Persico said that the diocese was committed to a policy of transparency. He said the diocese would release the names of priests who have been credibly accused of abuse
The bishop pledged to turn over all relevant information to law enforcement. Perisco also said that the diocese would offer financial help to those seeking counseling
'I pledge the following to the victims, the Diocese of Erie will not shroud abusers in secrecy no matter who they are or how long ago the abuse has occurred,' said Persico
'We have much work to do to build trust where leaders have failed.'It is noteworthy that Persico was the only bishop who was cited by Shapiro for praise for his handling of the grand jury report
'His response to the crisis gives me some hope,' Shapiro said of Persico. 'He was was the only one to testify to the grand jury in person
' Persico said on Tuesday that he did not testify to win the praise of the state attorney general
'We did what we did because we have to move forward (and) it was the right thing to do,' the bishop said
The grand jury report names 41 priests who served in the Erie Diocese and who are alleged to have committed a number of sex crimes, including fondling genitals and penetrating the mouths of both young boys and girls, according to PennLive
com. According to the grand jury, one priest who served in the diocese, Father Chester Gawronski, fondled boys and told them he was giving them a 'cancer check
'Even though senior diocese officials knew of the allegations, they allowed the alleged offending priests to continue to minister, the grand jury says
Senior diocese officials, including bishops, 'often dissuaded victims from reporting abuse to police, pressured law enforcement to terminate or avoid an investigation, or conducted their own deficient, biased investigating without reporting crimes against children to the proper authorities
'LIST OF THE 300 CLERGYMEN ACCUSED OF ABUSE OR OF COVERING IT UP IN PENNSYLVANIA More than 300 clergymen were named in the grand jury report
The names of 24 of them were redacted at their request. All of the others are listed below by diocese
DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN Reverend Thomas J. Bender Monsignor Thomas J. BenestadReverend Robert G
Cofenas Monsignor Thomas J. BenestadReverend Robert G. CofenasReverend David Connell Reverend Timothy JohnsonJim Gross Reverend James GaffneyReverend Joseph GalkoReverend Edward George Ganster , died 2014Reverend Francis T
GillespieRichard J. Guiliani Reverend Joseph D. HulkoMonsignor William E. Jones, V
F., died 2004Reverend Michael S. LawrenceReverend Joseph H. Kean Reverend Thomas J
Kerestus, died 2014Reverend Francis Joseph McNelis, died 2005Reverend Gabriel Patil Reverend Henry Paul, died 1982Reverend Paul G
PuzaReverend Dennis A. RigneyReverend Joseph A. RockReverend Gerald Royer, died 2003Reverend Charles J
Ruffenach, died 1980 Reverend J. Pascal Sabas, died 1996Reverend William J. Shields, died 2000 Reverend Stephen F
Shigo, died 1991Reverend David A. Soderlund Very Reverend Henry E. Strassner, V.F
, died 2009 Reverend Bruno M. Tucci Reverend A. Gregory UhrigReverend Andrew Aloysius UlincyReverend Ronald YarroshReverend Joseph A
Zmijewski, D.D., died 1968 DIOCESE OF ERIEReverend Joseph A. Zmijewski, D.D.Reverend Michael G
BarletFather Donald C. Bolton, C.S.S.R. Reverend Robert F. Bower Reverend Dennis ChludzinskiFather Donald Cooper, died 2011Father Michael Robert FreemanReverend Gregory P
FurjanicFather Herbert G. Gloekler, died 1985 Father Robert E. Hannon, died 2006Monsignor James P
HopkinsFather Barry M. HudockReverend Joseph W. Jerge, died 2006Father Stephen E
JeselnickReverend Thomas C. Kelley, died 2005 Father Gary L. KetchamFather Thaddeus KondzielskiFather Gerard KrebsFather Jerry (John) KucanMonsignor Louis LoreiFather Salvatore P
LuzziFather Richard D. Lynch, died 2000Monsignor Daniel Martin, 2006 Reverend Leon T
MuroskiBrother Edmundus MurphyReverend John L. MurrayFather Giles L. Nealen, O.S
B. died 1996Father Jan OlowinFather Andrew Pawlaczyk, died 1982Reverend John A. Piatkowski, died 1970Father David L
Poulson - CHARGEDFather John Philip Schanz, died 2010Reverend Samuel B. SlocumMonsignor Thomas SnyderwineSeminarian John TomeFather Patrick Vallimont DIOCESE OF GREENSBURG Father Dennis Dellamalva, died 1994 Father Gregory FlohrFather Charles B
GuthFather Francis LesniakFather Henry J. Marcinek Father Fabian G. Oris, died 2007Father George R
Pierce, died 2009 Father Gregory F. PremoshisFather Thomas W. Rogersm, died 2005Father Leonard Sanesi, died 1992Father Roger A
SinclairFather Joseph L. Sredzinski, died 2015Father John T. Sweeney - CHARGED Reverend Joseph A
Tamilowski, died 1994Father Roger J. Trott, died 2017DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG Reverend Francis J
AllenReverend John G. Allen Reverend Francis A. BachReverend Jesus BarajasReverend Richard J
BarryReverend James Beeman, died 2016Reverend John BostwickReverend Donald Cramer Reverend Walter Emala, died 2008Reverend Paul R
Fisher Deacon Donald "Tim" HackmanReverend T. Ronald Haney, died 2012Reverend John HerberPhilip HowerReverend Kevin KaydaReverend Edward KonatReverend George KoychickReverend Thomas Kujovsky, died 2015Reverend Thomas Lawler, died 1987Reverend Robert Logue Reverend David H
LuckReverend Monsignor Robert Maher, died 1990 Reverend Daniel Mahoney, died 2007Reverend Guy MarsicoReverend John M
McDevitt, died 1999 Reverend Anthony McGinley, died 2006Reverend James McLucasReverend Ibarra MercadoReverend Charles Procopio, died 1997 Reverend Guido Miguel Quiroz Reyes, OFM, died 2006Deacon James Rush, died 2016Bryan SchlagerReverend Herbert ShankReverend Patrick ShannonReverend Timothy SperberReverend Carl J
Steffen, died 2015Reverend Frederick Vaughn, died 1992 Reverend Salvatore V. Zangari, died 2004DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH Reverend James R
Adams, died 2011Reverend James L. Armstrong, died 2012Reverend John M. BauerReverend John E
Brueckner, died 1960Reverend Leo Burchianti, died 2013Reverend Robert CastelucciReverend Mauro James Cautela, died 2005Reverend Charles J
ChattReverend Anthony J. Cipolla, died 2016 Reverend John P. Connor Reverend John David Crowley, died 2006Reverend Richard DeakinReverend Ferdinand B
Demsher, died 1983Reverend Myles Eric DiskinFather Richard J. DorschReverend David F
DzermejkoReverend John P. Fitzgerald Reverend Joseph M. GanterReverend John A. GenizerReverend Charles R
Ginder, died 1984Reverend James G. Graham, died 2015Brother William HildebrandReverend John S
HoehlReverend James HopkinsReverend John J. Huber, died 1998Reverend Edward G. HuffMonsignor Edward Joyce, died 1969Reverend Marvin Justi, died 2009Reverend Bernard J
KaczmarczykReverend Joseph D. KarabinBrother John KeeganReverend Henry KrawczykReverend Edward L
KrystonReverend Anujit KumarReverend George Kurutz , died 1977Reverend Fidelis LazarReverend Albert LeonardReverend Casimir F
Lewandowski, died 1978Reverend John P. Maloney, died 2007Brother Julius May Reverend Dominic McGeeReverend Donald W
McIlvane, died 2014Reverend Thomas McKennaReverend Albert McMahonReverend John H
McMahon, died 1993Brother Frank MederReverend Arthur R. MerrellReverend Joseph Mueller, died 2010 Reverend Lawrence O'Connell, died 1986Reverend Thomas M
O'DonnellReverend William P. O'Malley, III, died 2008 Reverend George Parme, died 2002Reverend Paul E
Pindel, died 1991Reverend Francis Pucci, died 2002Reverend John W. Rebel, died 2013Reverend Raymond R
Rhoden,died 2006Reverend Carl RoemeleReverend Michael C. Romero, died 2000 Reverend Oswald E
Romero, died 1997Reverend David ScharfReverend Richard Scherer,died 2007Monsignor Raymond T
Schultz, died 1999 Reverend Francis Siler, died 2015Reverend Rudolph M. SilversReverend Edward P
Smith, died 1956Reverend James E. Somma, M.Ed., died 2004Reverend Bartley A. SorensenReverend Robert E
Spangenberg, C.S.Sp., died 2006Reverend Paul G. SpisakReverend Lawrence F. Stebler, died 1997Reverend Richard Gerard TerdineReverend Charles Thomas, died 1967Reverend John William Wellinger, died 2011Reverend Joseph S
Wichmanowski, 1977 Reverend George A. WiltReverend Robert G. WolkReverend William B
YockeyReverend Theodore P. ZabowskiDIOCESE OF SCRANTON Reverend Philip A. AltavillaReverend Girard F
Angelo, died in 2009Reverend Mark G. BalczeniukReverend Joseph P. Bonner, died 2007Reverend Martin M
BoylanReverend Robert J. Brague, died 1997Reverend Francis T. Brennan, died 1974Reverend Joseph BucoloMonsignor Gerald J
Burns, died 1999 Reverend Anthony P. ConmyMonsignor J. Peter Crynes Reverend Raymond L
Deviney Reverend Donald J. Dorsey, died 2007Reverend John M. DugganReverend John J
Dzurko, died 1991Reverend James F. Farry, died 1990 Reverend James F. FedorReverend Ralph N
Ferraldo, died 1997Reverend Angelus FerraraReverend Austin E. FlanaganReverend Joseph D
Flannery, died 2005Reverend Martin J. Fleming, died 1950Reverend Robert J. Gibson, died 2012Monsignor Joseph G
Gilgallon, died 1991Reverend Joseph A. Griffin, died 1988 Reverend P. Lawrence Homer, died 2015Reverend Mark A
HonartReverend Joseph F. HoustonReverend Francis G. KuligReverend Albert M. Libertore, Jr
Reverend John A. Madaj, died 1998Reverend James M. McAuliffe, died 1989 Reverend Joseph F
MeighanReverend Russell E. MotsayReverend James F. Nolan, died 1957Reverend W. Jeffrey PaulishReverend John A
Pender, died 2009Reverend Mark T. RossettiReverend Edward J. ShobackReverend Thomas P
ShobackReverend John J. Tamalis Reverend Virgil B. Thetherow Reverend Robert M. TimchakReverend Lawrence P
Weniger, died 1972 Reverend Joseph B. Wilson SOCIETY OF ST JOHN Reverend Christopher R
ClayReverend Eric S. EnseyReverend Carlos UrrutigoityReverend Benedict J. Van der Putten THE PRIEST WHO WAS 'SEXUALLY ADDICTED TO CHILDREN' Since he was in Seminary in the early 1960s, Reverend David A
Soderlund expressed a preference to work with children.In documents reviewed by the grand jury, complaints to the Church allege that Soderlund had sex with three boys between the ages of 12 and 13
The earliest complaint was submitted in 1980.The grand jury alleges that pornographic material showing photographs of Soderlund nude with young boys performing sex acts was being examined by the diocesan chancery
Another church official, Monsignor Anthony Muntone, found negatives of the first young boy as well as photos of another young boy and 'other pornographic material
'In 1997, more specific details about the alleged abuse emerged from another accuser who came forward and described Soderlund's behavior
'[H]e was an altar boy (7th grade), and David, had a trailer which he kept at the Appalachian Trail Sites in Shartlesville, brought him there almost weekly, over a period of about 5 years, where they engaged in sexual acts,' the victim told church officials, who documented the statements in secret, confidential filings
'The victim said, he was not a willing participant, but David threatened to harm or kill him
'David also took pictures of the victim engaged in sexual acts and threatened to use them to embarrass him
'David offered to leave the priesthood, if the victim would go away with him.'The victim told church officials that he knew of many other boys who were abused by Soderlund
Even after the Allentown Diocese was made aware of the allegations, Soderlund was still permitted to serve as a priest in other parishes
After being placed on either 'sick leave' or 'administrative leave,' Soderlund was reassigned
Church documents also confirmed that prosecutors declined to charge Soderlund if the parents of the victims did not come forward
Soderlund later admitted in court that he suffered from a 'sexual addiction'.After moving to Wisconsin, he was arrested and later convicted of possessing child pornography
He served time in prison.
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