WASHINGTON (PA)
Observer-Reporter
August 15, 2018
By Barbara Miller
Priests at a gathering at a seminary swimming pool bragged about the boys they brought along, according to testimony before the statewide grand jury, and a former priest at St. Philip Neri, Donora, is alleged to have had inappropriate contact with at least eight young boys.
Those who came to the pool were the Rev. Bob Castelucci and another priest, friends of the Rev. Leo Burchianti, who was assigned to the Donora church in 1979 and 1980.
Burchianti, when discussing the allegations in 2007, corroborated their use of the pool and also said he had a sexual relationship with one victim’s mother for six to eight months, according to a grand jury summary.
A review of the allegations against priests who served in local parishes found that some of the abuse occurred while the priests were assigned here.
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