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York Daily Record
In an August editorial about a list of 15 priests accused of sexual abuse who had served in the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, we wondered whether that list represented “just the steeple of a massive cathedral of corruption and exploitation.”
That, sadly, is what was found in the Altoona-Johnstown when the state attorney general’s office conducted an investigation.
Do we have a similar situation in our region?
It’s impossible to say from the outside.
And the Harrisburg Diocese has not been transparent or forthcoming.
Diocese officials grudgingly confirmed the names of 15 priests accused of sexual abuse who had served in this region in response to YDR’s inquiries.
But we knew from previous news reports that 24 accused priests had served in the diocese.
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