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York Daily Record
Angie Mason, amason@ydr.com August 14, 2016
The pastor at St. Joseph Church in Dallastown on Sunday urged parishioners to report suspected abuse, after a York Daily Record story that named a priest accused of abuse in Boston who later worked in Dallastown for a period.
In response to the York Daily Record, the Diocese of Harrisburg recently acknowledged by name 15 priests who have been accused of sexually abusing children and who at one time worked in the diocese, which covers York County and 14 others. One of the priests was the Rev. Raymond Prybis, who was accused of abuse during his time at a Boston-area parish before he was transferred to St. Joseph’s in Dallastown, where he worked from April 1989 to June 1990.
The diocese said it had no record of any credible allegation against Prybis during his time in the Harrisburg diocese.
Rev. John McCloskey reinforced those points with parishioners during the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday. He called abuse “evil” and “criminal” and said that it should not happen, though it does throughout society.
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