PENNSYLVANIA
Centre Daily Times

BY SHAWN ANNARELLI
sannarelli@centredaily.com

Bishop Mark Bartchak is planning to hold prayer services for sexual abuse victims in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

The services come more than two months after a Pennsylvania grand jury alleged that two former bishops covered up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by dozens of clergy.

Bartchak will preside at three prayer services for healing, according to a release.

“All victims of abuse and their families, as well as the faithful of Altoona-Johnstown, are invited to join the bishop in prayer for those who have been harmed,” the release said.