Sexual abuse survivor returns to childhood church 41 years later

BEAVER (PA)
WPXI-TV

September 2, 2018

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A victim of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest made an emotional return to church Sunday morning.

Johnny Hewko testified in front of the grand jury that he was sexually abused at his church in Beaver for years.

“We need to take our churches back,” Hewko said.

The allegations date back to the late 1970s, when Hewko was an altar boy at Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church.

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