One remedy is to insert citizen judgment precisely around issues of educational equity, where
a civil grand jury report will be a clear, official judgment by citizens, and where a grand jury has independent subpoena authority if its members feel that additional evidence is needed.
Not exact matches
The wrongful death lawsuit is the second
civil suit filed against the archdiocese and Rigali involving an alleged victim named in the 2011
grand jury report.
A
grand jury report, released in February, not only led to charges against four priests and one parochial school teacher but has opened the floodgates for
civil litigation.
Three additional
civil suits alleging sexual abuse, by parties not named in the
grand jury report, also have been filed against the Philadelphia archdiocese since February.
«The
grand jury infers that this was an orchestrated effort to protect abusing clergy members from investigation, arrest and prosecution from
civil authorities,» the
report said.
The Alameda County
civil grand jury, in its 2007 - 08
report, found that «the district was hampered by continuous staff turnover, particularly in the area of finance, numerous reorganizations and a succession of state administrators.