PENNSYLVANIA
PennLive
By Christian Alexandersen | calexandersen@pennlive.com
ALTOONA — If you have information about sexual abuse by a priest or religious leader in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office wants to hear from you.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Tuesday that a new hotline has been created for victims of the sexual abuse and rapes committed by leaders in the diocese. The hotline comes amid the release of a grand jury report documenting the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by diocese priests and religious leaders over 40 years.
Kane said the hotline — 888-538-8541 — will be staffed by attorney general agents or attorneys fluent in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese abuse case.
“We will be able to answer phones until about 9 p.m.,” Kane said. “We know people have jobs, we know that they have families now and we’re trying to accommodate [them at that time] for that reason.”
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