Charges Coming for Pennsylvanian Franciscan Order: Attorney General

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane says she’ll announce criminal charges involving a Franciscan religious order based in central Pennsylvania.

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Kane has a news conference scheduled for Tuesday morning. She’s not saying who’s being charged or what they’re accused of doing. But she says the investigation centers on the Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular, Province of the Immaculate Conception, based near Hollidaysburg.
A phone call to the monastery wasn’t immediately returned early Tuesday.

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