The dam is about to break

Church Militant has learned exclusively that the attorney general office of the state of New York is now outlining plans for a Pennsylvania-style grand jury report.

Before we get to that, it was just announced that the publisher of Cdl. Donald Wuerl's upcoming book has yanked the deal, canceling publication. The book had been titled What Do You Want to Know? and was described as Cdl. Wuerl's advice to everyday Catholics when inviting non-Catholics to friendship.

There are eight dioceses in the state of New York, including the archdiocese of New York, with 7.3 million Catholics throughout the state and initial reports indicate that sexual abuse and specifically cover-up of that abuse by bishops is every bit as bad as in the state of Pennsylvania.

Church Militant spoke with New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who told us:

The Attorney General has directed her Criminal Division leadership to reach out to local District Attorneys — who are the only entities that currently have the power to convene a grand jury to investigate these matters — in order to establish a potential partnership on this issue.

In the wake of the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report, speculation around the country has begun that grand juries should be convened in every state — an idea that fed-up faithful Catholics are now supporting publicly.

Brad Miner: "I'm in favor, frankly, of 50 grand juries, including, you know, we've already had one in Pennsylvania, but we need one in the District of Columbia too — so that makes 50. Every single state, we got to do this, and it's got to be the civil authorities, I'm sorry to say."

Joining Miner are the likes of Illinois State Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, who was a member of the 2002 U.S. bishops' national review board. Burke says, "I think every state should convene a grand jury into this culture of secrecy that protected offenders at all costs."

Miner's and Burke's public sentiments may soon become a reality. In addition to the Pennsylvania grand jury, Nebraska is now sending signals that it too is prepping for the possible convening of its own grand jury. This as a result of revelations of homosexual predation on seminarians in the diocese of Lincoln.

But the eight Catholic dioceses in New York could prove to be a target-rich environment for any grand jury investigation.

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think- 6.7 years ago

Wow, just wow! This is HUGE if it really will be done. Imagine - 49 more reports like the one done in the Pennsylvania diocese.

Abolishing the statute of limitations for victims of sexual assault should also be pushed more.

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Factfinder2 6.7 years ago

Wow! NICE find. This is wonderful news. I can almost hear the puckering of the pope's southern orifice (ping to @septimasexta).

If D.C. participates, that will be 50 grand juries.

The main rub here is the fact that local DAs must be on board:

The Attorney General has directed her Criminal Division leadership to reach out to local District Attorneys — who are the only entities that currently have the power to convene a grand jury to investigate these matters — in order to establish a potential partnership on this issue.

Many are compromised, without doubt. The only hope is that public outcry and peer pressure will carry the day in those cases. I foresee a slew of DA real or fake suicides and "heart attacks."

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Camera_Eye 6.7 years ago

50 grand juries with committed resources bringing the same level-of-effort as PA and their 900 page (2 year) investigation against the sodomites would indeed deal a major death blow to other special-interest criminal gangs (rogue intel, poltico's, govcons, power players, bankers, middle-men ect) operating in the shadow's. Make no mistake DAs would be compromised, especially it a system were set up to protect victim's. We've seen in all of these major instances from Franklin, to Dutroux the cover up, disinfo, and usurping of victim's credibility..."a thousand ways to Sunday". I think JEM had it right. An approach to source living victim's claims,then validate ,corroborate timelines and associations, provide required systems in place to protect the victim is the tactical approach to blow the lid off the biggest fish in the world: criminal syndicates such as the Clinton Foundation, Rogue Intel\Politicos's ect. Her mistake was too assume she might find some integrity at ICE\DHS divisions specifically designed to provide mission support to eliminate human trafficking. NEVER TALK TO THE FED WHEN YOU ARE GOING AFTER THE TOP ECHELONS. PA had DAs and the Catholic Church...while not an easy target, it has over the years been rocked by scandal. JQ Public is not surprised. But there sure would be surprised if a living president sodomized a boy and~ X ~ numbers of victim's came forward to peal back the onion layers. JQ Public's idealism would be shattered.

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think- 6.7 years ago

I think this will happen if the grand jury wave materializes across the country.

I do hope so, I really do. Just imagine how many trials against priests and bishops could be held, and how many victims vindicated, if these damn statute of limitations wouldn't exist.

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