PENNSYLVANIA
The Altoona Mirror
May 18, 2016
By Sean Sauro (ssauro@altoonamirror.com) , The Altoona Mirror
More than an hour before a prayer service began Tuesday inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, a crowd of people gathered outside holding signs, which displayed different messages.
“Protect the children,” read one.
“No more apologies. We want justice,” read another.
The Tuesday evening service was one of three set up by the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese to pray for victims of sexual abuse.
The services came a few months after a grand jury report was released by the state Attorney General’s Office in early March.
The report detailed the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by at least 50 priests or religious leaders during a 40-year period, as well as an alleged decadeslong cover-up by diocesan leaders.
Among those outside the Cathedral was Robert Mizic, who said he traveled an hour and a half to be there.
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