PENNSYLVANIA
York Daily Record
Two bishops who led a central Pennsylvania Roman Catholic diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children, according to a grand jury report released Tuesday.
The report said more than 50 priests or religious leaders abused children during a 40-year period in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese.
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What’s in the report
One diocesan official under former Bishop James Hogan told the grand jury that church officials held such sway in the eight-county diocese that “the police and civil authorities would often defer to the diocese” when priests were accused of abuse, the report said.
The grand jury report details the assignments and allegations against priests. Warning: graphic content.
The grand jury investigation was prompted after a district attorney referred an investigation into a priest to the attorney general’s office, according to the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown.
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