Fr. John W. Rebel
First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on the diocese’s list of accused. Leave of Absence 5/1973-8/1974. In 2009 the diocese received a report from the parents of an alleged victim that Rebel molested their 10- to 12-year-old son in the 1970s. They said their son told them years later about the abuse; by 2009 he was deceased. The abuse allegedly happened in their son’s bedroom after a mass in their home. Further, they said that Rebel would drive their son home after CCD, and that he would sob and beg them not to make him go to CCD. Rebel denied the accusations. He died 3/17/2013.
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