Pa. attorney general could take over case of suspended Altoona-Johnstown priest

PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC

By WJAC Web Staff and The Associated Press

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. —

The state attorney general may take over the investigation of a local priest who was suspended last month amid allegations of sexual abuse from more than 30 years ago.

The Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown last month suspended the Rev. George Koharchik, who had been pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Mount Union.

Koharchik is not permitted to function as a priest and won’t have contact with children while he is on leave.

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