PENNSYLVANIA
The Morning Call
By Dan Sheehan
Of The Morning Call
The Lehigh Valley's year began with a killing and advanced through an increasingly dismal shuffle of homicides, scandals, sinkholes, lawsuits, catastrophic floods and horrific car wrecks.
There were bright spots, of course, in 2004. Economic development boosters celebrated as camera giant Olympus America announced it would move its headquarters from New York to the Lehigh Valley in 2006, bringing hundreds of corporate jobs. ...
Fallout from the sexual abuse scandals that have afflicted the Catholic Church in recent years settled in the Valley. Since January, 11 current and former priests from the Diocese of Allentown have been accused of abuse in lawsuits filed in Lehigh, Berks and Schuylkill counties. The suits remain in litigation.
Posted by kshaw at December 27, 2004 07:33 AM