PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott kmellott@tribdem.com
JOHNSTOWN — The criminal investigation into allegations that a priest with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown molested boys while at churches in Cambria County has been turned over to the state Attorney General’s Office.
Cambria County District Attorney Kelly Callihan said her office requested that the state take over the investigation of the Rev. George Koharchik.
“We had a conflict of interest in the DA’s office,” she said. “We referred it to the AG’s office, and they’ve accepted it.”
While Callihan did not provide specifics, she said that a member of the district attorney’s staff had attended one of the Cambria County churches where Koharchik served for a number of years.
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