PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
BY MARIA MILLER THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH 2016
BEDFORD, Pa. — A Bedford County pastor has been removed from his position after accusations of sexual abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. Rev. Howard White will no longer serve as a fill-in pastor at St. James Episcopal Church after the Episcopal Diocese removed him this week.
The allegations against White stem from a boarding school in Rhode Island where authorities said more than two dozen students have come forward.
Rhode Island state police said that boarding school has acknowledged it didn’t report abusers to authorities and has apologized for not doing more. In the meantime, an attorney for three alleged victims has released documents from the school that he says show White was fired and asked to stay away for at least five years.
Three alleged victims identified in an internal investigation by St. George’s School in Middletown, Rhode Island, allege their abuse came at the hands of White.
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