Priest charged with sexual abuse in Westmoreland

PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Review

BRIAN C. RITTMEYER | Monday, July 24, 2017

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro will announce sexual abuse charges Monday against a priest in Westmoreland County.

The announcement will be made at 4 p.m. at Leechburg Road and Park Drive in Lower Burrell near St. Margaret Mary Church.

The attorney general’s office has yet to release the priest’s name, and St. Margaret Mary was not identified in a media advisory issued Monday morning.

The charges stem from a broader investigation into sexual abuse by priests, the advisory states.

Joe Grace, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office, would not answer questions, including about the identity of the priest or the location of the announcement and if St. Margaret Mary was involved.

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