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Altoona-Johnstown Diocese sex abuse: what each priest is accused of (warning: graphic content)
By Colin Deppen | cdeppen@pennlive.com
Almost a year to the day after child sex abuse allegations first rocked the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, church and law enforcement officials were set to publicly announce a new set of reform measures on Monday — measures meant to prevent similar abuse from happening in the future.
Acting U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania Soo Song and Altoona-Johnstown Bishop Mark Bartchak have called a news conference for Monday afternoon in Johnstown, at which time they’re expected to announce a collaborative framework to “protect the children of the diocese from sexual abuse,” a media advisory explained.
Further details were unavailable Monday morning.
The news conference comes a year after then-Attorney General Kathleen Kane held her own event in Altoona to announce that a grand jury investigation of the diocese had determined that hundreds of children were sexually abused over a period of 40 years by church leaders, and that at least 50 priests or religious leaders had been involved in sexual abuses. Kane went on to describe the abuse allegations in shocking detail.
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