ERIE (PA)
The Morning Call
May 8, 2018
A Catholic priest in the Diocese of Erie has been charged with the sexual abuse of two young boys over a period of many years, forcing one boy to confess the abuse to him, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today.
In a news release, Shapiro said one of the boys was 8 years old when Father David Poulson, 64, started abusing him. The second boy was 15 when the abuse started, Shapiro said.
Poulson, a Catholic priest in the Erie diocese for four decades until earlier this year, was arrested this morning and charged with indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. Three of the counts against Poulson are felonies.
A statewide investigating grand jury recommended the charges.
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