PITTSBURGH (PA)
WTAE
August 17, 2018
By Sheldon Ingram
A San Diego woman who grew up in western Pennsylvania reached out to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 about several sex abuse incidents carried out by two priests.
Heather Taylor, 45, says the abuse started when she was 7 years old and happened at St. Gabriel School in Baldwin Borough. She named the late Rev. Lawrence O’Connell and the Rev. Edward Huff as the two priests who fondled her more than a dozen times.
Both men were named in the grand jury investigation report released this week, and the report revealed a handwritten note in which Huff admitted to touching 500 children.
Taylor said she deals with heavy bitterness and pain while still receiving therapy.
“I hate the Catholic Church,” she said. “I have no respect for them.”
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