Phila Alert Wed, Oct 28 at Penn
MEDIA ADVISORY
Media contact: Jacquie Posey at 215-898-6460 or jposey@upenn.edu
Amanda Mott at 215-898-1422 or ammott@upenn.edu
Penn Panel on 10-year Anniversary of Grand Jury Report on Child Sex Abuse in the Philadelphia Archdiocese
Oct. 21, 2015
WHO: The University of Pennsylvania’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society will host a panel discussion featuring:
Lynne Abraham, former district attorney of Philadelphia
The Rev. William Byron, professor of business and society, Saint Joseph’s University
Marci Hamilton, Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Maureen S. Rush, vice president for public safety and superintendent, Penn Police Department
John DiIulio, faculty director of PRRUCS, moderator
WHAT: “The Ramifications of the Philadelphia Grand Jury Report on Child Sex Abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on its 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned and Spurned”
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6:30-8 p.m.
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania, Claudia Cohen Hall,
Terrace Room, 249 South 36th St.
Ten years ago, a grand jury released a report detailing sexual abuse by priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. On Oct. 28, PRRUCS will host a panel discussion, “The Ramifications of the Philadelphia Grand Jury Report on Child Sex Abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on its 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned and Spurned.”
PRRUCS faculty director John DiIulio will moderate the discussion. Attendees must RSVP to wendyjen@sas.upenn.edu. Media are encouraged to get press credentials contact Jacquie Posey at 215-898-6460 or jposey@upenn.edu or Amanda Mott at 215-898-1422 or ammott@upenn.edu.