Overview

• Jake McQuaide stood up during the May 31 Mass to ask if Fr. Martin Bachman had used a parish computer to view pornography and was escorted out by two off-duty Green Township officers without any charges filed
• Parishioner Todd Zureick filed a formal complaint citing laptop images that included thumbnails linking to pornography sites and virtual-reality role-play content depicting sexual assault and occult themes
• Archbishop Robert Casey issued a letter stating that the archdiocese’s probe found no criminal or ecclesiastical misconduct and noted the Green Township Police Department had no evidence or investigation of wrongdoing
• The archdiocese said Fr. Bachman will begin a previously planned sabbatical in July and will not be active at Our Lady of the Visitation during that time
• More than 700 parishioners signed a petition demanding the archdiocese release detailed information on the allegations and its investigation procedures