A friend emailed me a link to an article reporting that Professor Barry Kuhle stood up and turned his back on Bishop Joseph Bambera of Scranton during the Bishop’s remarks at the inauguration of the Father Scott R. Pilarz S.J. as the new President of the University of Scranton. 
The article reported that Professor Kuhle’s sister was sexually assaulted by a temple leader in her pre-teens. She committed suicide in 2007 and the day of the inauguration would have been her 42nd birthday.
Professor Kuhle has called for Bishop Bambera to resign in the wake of the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report. I would like to add my voice to that call.
Bishop Bambera has admitted to returning Robert Gibson to a parish by order of Bishop James Timlin. He should have known better. His defense is that he was following Timlin’s directions. If he had a moral backbone, he would have turned Gibson over to the police. Gibson was subsequently caught grooming another boy after Bambera released him back into the Diocese.
Well done, Professor!
Michael Baumann
The University of Scranton, Class of ’82
Off My Knees - A Blog by Michael Baumann 
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