ERIE (PA)
WJET
A priest from the Archdiocese of New York who`s accused of sexual abuse will have a secret church trial here in Erie.
Monsignor Charles Kavanagh is accused of improperly touching a student in a sexual manner more than twenty years ago.
The student was reportedly enrolled in a high school run by Kavanagh.
Three to five Canon Law judges from the Catholic Diocese of Erie will hear the trial.
The location will be determined by Bishop Donald Trautman.