PENNSYLVANIA
WTAE
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. —
A retired priest who has served at various parishes throughout the Greensburg Catholic Diocese in Westmoreland County was arrested on child sex abuse charges Monday.
The Rev. John Sweeney is accused of forcing a 10-year-old boy to perform sex acts on him while the child was a student at Saint Margaret Mary in Lower Burrell in the early 1990s, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
In addition to Lower Burrell, Shapiro said Sweeney’s assignments in the Greensburg diocese have included Holy Family Church in Latrobe, Blessed Sacramant Cathedral in Greensburg, Saint Hedwig in Smock, Saint Mary in Freeport, Saint James in Apollo and Holy Family Parish in West Newton.
Sweeney’s arrest is part of “a broader investigation into sexual abuse by priests,” Shapiro said. He is asking for more help from the public to identify alleged abusers and their victims.
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