DeSales University considers name removal of two bishops

Saturday, August 18, 2018
LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. (WPVI) -- Following the unprecedented Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report on sex abuse by priests, a university in Lehigh County is considering changing the names of two buildings named after two bishops named in the report.

A spokesperson for DeSales University tells Action News the buildings in question are the "Bishop Thomas J. Welsh Hall" and the "Bishop Joseph McShea Student Center."
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Both bishops are accused in the report of covering up abuse.

The university will discuss the removal of their names during the next board meeting in September.
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