AG to announce arrest of western Pa. priest on sex abuse charges

By Barbara Miller
PennLive
July 24, 2017

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/07/ag_to_announce_arrest_of_weste.html

The Pennsylvania attorney general will be announcing details later this afternoon on the arrest of a priest accused of sexual abuse in Westmoreland County.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro will announce the arrest of a priest at 4 p.m. in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County.

The charges are the result of a broader investigation into sexual abuse by priests, with investigators seeking the public's help in completing the probe.

Last year, Shapiro announced the result of a grand jury investigation that accused priests and church leaders in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese of sexually abusing hundreds of children.

Similar allegations of child sexual abuse at the hands of priests have been made across scores of diocese in the U.S., including in Boston and Philadelphia.