PENNSYLVANIA
Bradford Era
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER Era Associate Editor
marcie@bradfordera.com
May 9, 2018
t’s been 36 years since Jim VanSickle spoke to Father David Poulson.
The next time the Bradford Central Christian High School graduate sees the priest, he hopes it will be in a courtroom.
Poulson was arraigned Tuesday on allegations that he abused two young boys in the Cambridge Springs area. It was a story too familiar to VanSickle.
“My abuse happened from 1979 to 1982 while I was a student at Bradford Central Christian,” VanSickle said.
He spoke to Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office, and testified before the statewide investigating grand jury about what had happened to him so many years ago, when Poulson was first ordained. He’s hoping he’ll be asked to testify at his criminal trial, too.
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