Former Charleston Catholic priest named in Pennsylvania child sexual abuse report

COLUMBIA (SC)
The State

August 18, 2018

By David Travis Bland

One name is connected to South Carolina within the 1,356 pages of a report on sexual abuse of children and cover-ups by Catholic church officials in Pennsylvania.

Father Robert E. Spangenberg served as pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Charleston. He served at the Lowcountry church from 1990 to 1993, according to the Pennsylvania grand jury report.

In the report, two allegations of sexual abuse are levied against Spangenberg.

“The documents provided by the Diocese of Pittsburgh revealed that Spangenberg was involved with at least two children, possibly more,” the report reads.

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