{"id":3729,"date":"2018-08-22T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2018-08-22T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:46:21","slug":"pope-francis-and-the-canadian-bishops-respond-to-findings-of-the-pennsylvania-grand-jury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2018\/08\/22\/pope-francis-and-the-canadian-bishops-respond-to-findings-of-the-pennsylvania-grand-jury-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis and the Canadian Bishops respond to findings of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Papal response to clerical abuse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3733 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pope-francis.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pope-francis.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pope-francis.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pope-francis.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pope-francis.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following a recent grand jury report about systematic clerical abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, Pope Francis issued the following statement to Catholics around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"link to letter from Pope Francis\" href=\"http:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2018\/08\/20\/180820a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the People of God<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We keep those affected by clerical abuse in our prayers and encourage any victims to contact the appropriate authorities or diocese at anytime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian Bishops&#8217; Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3730\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/220px-Logo_of_the_Canadian_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops.svg_.png?resize=79%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"220\">The Executive Committee of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has published the following statement<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>on the findings of the Pennsylvania Investigating Grand Jury.<\/p>\n<p>Catholics across our country are rightly ashamed and saddened regarding the findings of the Pennsylvania Investigating Grand Jury. With Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, we reiterate the profound sadness that we as Bishops feel each time we learn about the harm caused as a result of abuse by Church leaders of any rank.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archtoronto.org\/media-centre\/news-archive\/chancery-news\/canadian-bishops-statement-on-the-findings-of-the-pennsylvania-investigating-grand-jury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papal response to clerical abuse Following a recent grand jury report about systematic clerical abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, Pope Francis issued the following statement to Catholics around the world. Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the People of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2018\/08\/22\/pope-francis-and-the-canadian-bishops-respond-to-findings-of-the-pennsylvania-grand-jury-report\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pope Francis and the Canadian Bishops respond to findings of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report - St. Peter&#039;s Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2018\/08\/22\/pope-francis-and-the-canadian-bishops-respond-to-findings-of-the-pennsylvania-grand-jury-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Francis and the Canadian Bishops respond to findings of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report - St. Peter&#039;s Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Papal response to clerical abuse Following a recent grand jury report about systematic clerical abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, Pope Francis issued the following statement to Catholics around the world. 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