PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Review
CHUCK BIEDKA AND BRIAN C. RITTMEYER | Monday, July 24, 2017
A former pastor at St. Margaret Mary Church in Lower Burrell is charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in 1991 and 1992.
The Rev. John Thomas Sweeney, 74, of Greensburg was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse by the state Attorney General’s office. Sweeney was being arraigned on the charges at District Just Cheryl Peck-Yakopec’s courtroom Monday afternoon.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is expected to announce the charges at a 4 p.m. press conference to be held in front of the church.
The charges stem from a broader investigation into sexual abuse by priests.
Joe Grace, an attorney general spokesman, said more details will be released at the press conference.
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