PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Review
BY BRAD BUMSTED | Friday, May 13, 2016
HARRISBURG — State investigators are conducting inquiries into child-abuse allegations in Roman Catholic dioceses beyond Altoona-Johnstown, which was the subject of a hard-hitting grand jury report in March, Bruce Castor, solicitor general in the attorney general’s office, said Friday.
The grand jury report said nearly 50 priests molested hundreds of children over several decades in Altoona-Johnstown. Castor’s statement in an interview with the Tribune-Review is the first public acknowledgement by Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office that other allegations are getting a serious review.
“Whether they lead to arrests is an open question,” said Castor, the former Montgomery County district attorney. He stopped short of saying investigations are underway elsewhere, calling them “inquiries.”
Pennsylvania has dioceses in Allentown, Altoona-Johnstown, Erie, Greensburg, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton.
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