POTTSVILLE (PA)
WNEP
August 8, 2018
By Carolyn Blackburne
For Catholics around the Commonwealth, the wait will soon be over.
An investigation into child sexual abuse by priests and members of the clergy is set to be released any time between now and next Tuesday.
The report identifies more than 300 “predator priests” across the state.
People in Pottsville said their Diocese is no stranger to the problem.
One man we spoke to didn’t want his face shown on camera, but said his friend was sexually assaulted by a priest in Schuylkill County when he was 12-years-old.
“I said to him, ‘Why don’t you say something?’ He said, ‘Well I’m too old now and I don’t want to get him in trouble,’” the man said.
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