PENNSYLVANIA
Star-Gazette
The former Blossburg Catholic priest accused of molesting an altar boy between 1991 and 1997 turned himself in for arraignment Wednesday.
The Rev. Thomas Shoback, 61, now of Wilkes-Barre, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon before District Judge James Carlson in Mansfield, according to state police at Mansfield.
He was released on $35,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing at 1:15 p.m. July 25 before Carlson.
Shoback faces 32 criminal charges in the sexual abuse case involving a parishioner at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, where Shoback was parish priest. He has since served at other parishes in Pennsylvania, police said.
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