From ABC27WHTM:
Single-topic “pastoral letters,” as they’re known, from a Roman Catholic bishop here are rare — before this week, the last one came out in 2013. So they’re notable when they do emerge.
The topic of Bishop Timothy Senior’s letter is contemporary and not — at least not on the surface — specifically Catholic. The topic: human trafficking. Why the dark, cross-cultural topic — and why here, and why now? In the letter, Senior cites data from Pennsylvania’s court system — as reported by The (Pottstown, Pa.) Mercury — identifying Lancaster and Dauphin counties as the No. 1 and No. 3 counties in the state for human trafficking cases.