Kleinbard litigation partner, Matt Haverstick, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article – Pennsylvania Catholic Diocese Identifies Priests Accused of Child Sexual Abuse. The article covers the release of a list of 71 priests and other church personnel accused of child sexual abuse from the 1940s to 2014 by The Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa.
Haverstick represents the Diocese of Harrisburg and the Diocese of Greensburg, in a massive and wide-ranging grand jury investigation of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. The state Office of Attorney General is leading the investigation(s) seeking evidence to prosecute child sexual abuse claims, and claims related to cover-ups by Church officials, going back to the 1940s.