The following letter from Bishop Sheridan was read at weekend Masses Aug. 25-26 and is reprinted here for those who did not have the opportunity to hear it:
Dear brother and sisters,
The latest revelations concerning the crimes of priests in Pennsylvania, and the cover-up by some of the bishops of six of the Pennsylvania dioceses over a period of 70 years has sent another wave of disgust and justifiable anger throughout the Catholic Church in the United States.