2022 Pennsylvania Grand Jury Presentment

Released: October 22nd, 2022

From the Office of Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Introduction:

“We, the members of the Forty-Ninth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, having received and reviewed evidence regarding violations of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code occurring in Berks County, Pennsylvania pursuant to Notice of Submission of Investigation No. 3, do hereby make the following findings of fact and recommendation of charges.”

Overview:

“In 2019, the Office of Attorney General received a resource referral from a District Attorney’s Office pursuant to the Commonwealth’s Attorneys Act. As a result, the Grand Jury undertook the investigation of allegations of sex assault involving members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and learned of several incidents of sexual assault committed by different members of the Jehovah’s Witness religious organizations.”