Alfred A. Schlert

Alfred Andrew Schlert (born July 24, 1961) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Allentown in Pennsylvania since 2017.

[1] A few years later, Schlert returned to Rome to complete his graduate studies at the Lateran University, where he received a Licentiate in Canon Law in 1992.

In addition to his administrative responsibilities, the diocese assigned Schlert as pastor of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, in 2008.

[1][3] His consecration by Archbishop Charles Chaput took place at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena on August 31, 2017, with Bishops Edward Cullen and John Barres serving as co-consecrators.

Lehigh Valley Live noted: Excerpts from the report depict Schlert as someone quick to confront priests who were the subject of abuse complaints.

Two days after the boy reported the abuse, Schlert and Monsignor John B. McCann confronted Jones who "offered his resignation and was advised he could not exercise any public ministry in the diocese or elsewhere."