Once it is released, a grand jury report on a months-long investigation into abuse claims in six Pennsylvania dioceses covering a 70-year span "will be a sad and tragic description of events that occurred within the church," Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik has said.
"Permit me the opportunity to prepare you for the public release of this report and also to put it into some context," he said in a letter to Catholics in the diocese. "I want you to know that our diocese has cooperated with the Attorney General's Office and the grand jury. We have not attempted to block the report."
