Nationally-Recognized Attorney Launches Comprehensive Database of Clergy Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the Diocese of Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam Horowitz, a nationally-recognized advocate for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, announces the launch of a new database of clergy and lay employees accused of sexual abuse in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.  The database includes 114 priests as of today, and is believed to be the most comprehensive list of accused offenders available. This is far more than were identified in the groundbreaking 2018 grand jury report. 

For the benefit of survivors and journalists alike, Horowitz and his team have painstakingly prepared individual profiles on dozens of accused offenders to consolidate available information about their backgrounds, alleged crimes, and, in the case of offenders who are still alive, their current locations.  Many of these profiles include photographs that are not available anywhere else.  

The list was compiled using the names identified in the 2018 Grand Jury report, the Diocese of Pittsburgh's lists of accused individuals, media reports, and court records. 

The database also includes priests who belong to religious orders, such as the Jesuits and the Oblates. Unlike his counterparts in the Diocese of Greensburg and the Diocese of Scranton, the Bishop of Pittsburgh has arbitrarily chosen to bar anyone abused by religious order clergy and lay employees, such as teachers and coaches, from recovering from the fund.  This prohibition applies even when the offender committed the abuse in a church or school run by the Diocese of Pittsburgh.  Similar funds in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and across New York State also arbitrarily excluded claims made against order priests and lay employees, but two other Pennsylvania dioceses have said they will compensate some or all such claims.

The database is available at: https://adamhorowitzlaw.com/clergy-abuse/pittsburgh-clergy-offender-database/

Horowitz says the database will be continuously updated as the names of more accused individuals become public.  You are encouraged to bookmark the link for easy access to the information. 

SOURCE Horowitz Law

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