PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
BY KODY LEIBOWITZ THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH 2016
EBENSBURG, CAMBRIA CO. — It has been a week since the Grand Jury report shed light on decades of abuse at the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
Now, 6 News Investigates is looking into a claim that former prosecutors knew of allegations against priests more than a decade ago.
Letter from 2002 sent to former prosecutors.
In September 2002, Altoona attorney Richard Serbin sent this letter to three prosecutors. He claimed rampant sexual molestation of children by priests in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
He named 10 priests in total in the letter, including a civil lawsuit he took against Father Francis Luddy. Nine of the clergymen are named in last week’s Grand Jury report of sexual abuse by at least 50 priests and religious leaders at the Diocese.
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