PENNSYLVANIA
WNEP
BLOSSBURG — A judge in Tioga County sentenced Father Thomas Shoback to serve five to ten years of prison time on Monday.
Investigators say Shoback abused an altar boy between 1991 and 1997 while serving at St. Mary’s parish in Blossburg.
Shoback also served as a priest at Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary in Jermyn, Lackawanna County.
In his 34 years as a priest, Shoback also served as a pastor at St. Joseph, Hudson and Sacred Heart, Plains; Holy Redeemer, Falls-Harding; Our Lady of Lourdes, Montoursville; St. Mary and St. Andrew, Blossburg; as an Assistant Pastor at St. Joseph’s, Hazleton; Nativity BVM, Plymouth; and St. Matthew’s, East Stroudsburg.
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