PENNSYLVANIA
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BY JILLIAN HARTMANN SUNDAY, MARCH 6TH 2016
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – It was not your typical Sunday mass at St. John Gualbert Cathedral in Johnstown Sunday morning.
Bishop Mark Bartchak asked priests and religious leaders in the Altoona-Johnstown Roman Catholic Diocese to share a message to fellow Catholics during Sunday’s mass.
The message is in regards to the grand jury report uncovering alleged widespread sex abuse within the diocese.
“A number of people asked, ‘Do I want to be part of the church anymore?” Father James Crookston said while reading Bishop Bartchak’s message. “Where is God in all of this?”
Bishop Bartchak heard a number of questions asked from victims of abuse, their families and other Catholics responding to the grand jury report. He said this week was filled with darkness of sin.
“We will pass through this darkness,” said Crookston.
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