"We were dismayed to find this letter inserted in our church bulletin
this past Sunday," wrote a local Catholic who contacted me last week
about a letter from Allentown Diocese Bishop John Barres.
Barres' letter outlined the diocese's child sex-abuse prevention efforts — and then lobbied against state legislation that would change the statutes of limitations for such cases, asking parishioners to contact their legislators about its "detrimental effects."
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-child-sex-abuse-bill-20160409-column.html
Barres' letter outlined the diocese's child sex-abuse prevention efforts — and then lobbied against state legislation that would change the statutes of limitations for such cases, asking parishioners to contact their legislators about its "detrimental effects."
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-child-sex-abuse-bill-20160409-column.html