Summary

TWO ERIE, PA CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE SUSPENDED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEXUAL CONTACT WITH MINORS. REACTION FROM ERIE DIOCESE CATHOLICS.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 227388
Story Slug Priests - Sex - Scandal
Location Erie, Pennsylvania
Format PKG
Date 4/12/2002
Archive Time 35:22
TRT 1:27
Supers Erie, Pennsylvania Mary Majursky, Catholic Joseph Sette, Catholic Bill Dailey, Catholic Carol Runser, Catholic Sean Lafferty, Reporting
Video Description MAN WALKING UP CHURCH STEPS, CHURCH, WOMAN SOT, MAN SOT, BISHOP, STAINED GLASS, MAN SOT, WOMAN SOT, WOMAN SOT, CROSS, CHURCH
Description TWO ERIE, PA CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE SUSPENDED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEXUAL CONTACT WITH MINORS. REACTION FROM ERIE DIOCESE CATHOLICS.
Script PRIEST MISCONDUCT... THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO SPREAD TO MORE AND MORE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES. THE CATHOLICS OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE SCANDALS UNFOLD FOR WEEKS, BUT NOW THE SCANDAL HAS MOVED CLOSE TO HOME. AS SEAN LAFFERTY TELLS US, THE FAITHFUL ARE FULL OF QUESTIONS. (TAKE PKG) FROM ALL APPEARANCES, THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT NOON MASS AT SAINT PETER CATHEDRAL. BUT THE FAITHFUL CAME WITH NEW CONCERNS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S SEX SCANDAL HAS NOW HIT CLOSE TO HOME. (SOT-MAJURSKY "It needs to be taken care of. It should've been taken care of maybe a long time ago and if it's coming up now it's better late than never. And I feel like it should've been done so long ago.") (SOT-SETTE "You don't expect it but then it happens...you know what I mean? I think he should be laying low a little bit until everything gets quieted down.") BISHOP TRAUTMAN HAS SAID LITTLE, ONLY THAT A COUPLE OF PRIESTS WERE INVOLVED AND THE MISCONDUCT HAPPENED BEFORE 1990. NO NAMES, PLACES OR TIMES. STILL, THESE CATHOLICS BELIEVE THE BISHOP WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. (SOT-DAILEY "I'm very sorry about the whole thing, but I'm sure the bishop will come up with the right idea and right suggestion.") (SOT-BUNSER "It has to be addressed. Something has to be done about it and I hope they can pick the right measures.") (SOT-MAJURSKY "There's just good and bad out there, and you can't hide from it. I mean it's sad and it's... To tell you what kind of world we're in. But I think there is a lot of good out there too.") RECAP
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