ALTOONA (PA)
WTAJ
October 17, 2018
By Emma Catalano
To understand how wide this abuse within the Catholic Dioceses spans, you really have to look at where it all began.
The first reports that stemmed a further investigation and pushed for change to the current Statute of Limitations came after allegations against priests in the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese.
The first reports of abuse publicly happened back in March of 2016.
Then Attorney General Kathleen Kane, announced a grand jury report found that at least 50 priests in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese abused hundreds of children for decades and clergy leaders had covered it up.
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