YORK (PA)
Fox 43
August 6, 2018
By Jack Eble
https://fox43.com/2018/08/06/fox43-investigates-survivor-details-priest-abuse-accused-priest-shares-his-side-part-one/
One Pennsylvania native, who says he testified for the grand jury report on child sex abuse within the six Roman Catholic Diocese in the commonwealth, worries its contents won’t be available for the public to read.
He wants to make sure he can share his story.
“This is not an easy story to tell,” the source said, choosing to remain anonymous.
He said the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg was a central part of his childhood.
He described himself as “very involved,” and attended church regularly, had his baptism and confirmation there.
He eventually attended St. Patrick School in Carlisle through eighth grade during the 1980s
He achieved something his classmates looked forward to doing: become an alter boy.
“You got to leave and do any sort of funerals that were there. You got a free break from school. Being an alter boy was kind of a good thing.”
At an alter boy retreat in a place outside of Carlisle, he said he met a priest within the Diocese of Harrisburg: Father Herbert Shank.
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