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Exhibit 475

In re Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (Grand Jury I), opinion of Chief Justice Saylor

Exhibit 475 ยท Court opinion

In re Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (Grand Jury I), opinion of Chief Justice Saylor

an interim version of the grand jury report will be released, containing temporary redactions solely to protect the identities of those who have lodged challenges before us, pending further order of this Court.

Opinion in petitions by named priests challenging public release of Report 1. Holds that large portions can be released if challengers' identities are protected, and orders an interim report with temporary redactions limited to those who lodged challenges; states the report's targeted condemnation of named individuals is central to the constitutional analysis. 190 A.3d 560 (Pa. 2018).

Source
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date
27 July 2018
Quoted from
Opinion, p. 1 [J-56A-M-2018]
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20210610/013708-file-7211.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Cited by

Finding REL-3.3
Primary record A Pennsylvania grand jury report released on 14 August 2018, based on half a million pages of documents from six Catholic dioceses, found credible allegations against more than 300 priests and more than 1,000 identifiable child victims in the dioceses' own records. The report says FBI behavioral analysts identified seven practices that recurred in the files, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the identities of 11 priests who challenged the report permanently redacted.