PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
[with video]
Part 1: Johnstown man confronts past of sexual abuse by priest
BY MARTY RADOVANIC FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH 2016
JOHNSTOWN – A state grand jury continues its investigation of child sex abuse within the Catholic Church.
Agents of the attorney general recently raided the offices of the diocese of Erie, collecting boxes of documents.
Whispers of abuse have been prevalent in the Catholic Church for years.
That whisper became a roar when the grand jury announced its findings of widespread abuse in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
When the grand jury report was released in March, Shaun Dougherty says he knew it was time for him to go public, to make sure what happened to him would not happen to another child.
He reached out to a longtime friend, state Rep. Frank Burns, who in turn introduced him to Rep. Mark Rozzi, who says he had been molested by a priest as a child.
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