PENNSYLVANIA
Sharon Herald
May 9, 2018
By KEITH GUSHARD Meadville Tribune
A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Erie has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse against two young boys over a period of eight years.
David L. Poulson, 64, of Oil City, has been arraigned on a total of eight counts involving boys who were ages 8 and 15 at the time when the abuse started, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in announcing the charges Tuesday.
Poulson was an active priest in the Erie diocese for four decades until earlier this year, including serving as pastor at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Cambridge Springs until February.
The charges were recommended by a statewide investigating grand jury, which found that Poulson sexually assaulted the boys while employed in active ministry as a priest by the Erie diocese, Shapiro said.
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