PENNSYLVANIA
WTAE
SEWICKLEY, Pa. –
Pittsburgh’s bishop is speaking out Wednesday night in support of a man who used to be the pastor of a parish.
Hundreds of parishioners poured out of Sewickley’s Saint James Catholic Church on Wednesday to honor a Catholic holiday and also to say goodbye to Pastor Dan Valentine.
“I think he’s been dragged through the mud, and people formed horrible opinions until he was cleared and now everybody coming tonight, but damage is done,” parishioner Renee Cunningham said.
Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said they were met mostly with resistance as they urged churchgoers to question why the church is allowing Valentine to give a farewell mass, after inappropriate Facebook messages to a boy.
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