PENNSYLVANIA
We Are Central PA
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Newry, Blair County, Pa.
There are a total of 27 schools that are part of the Altoona Johnstown Diocese.
Parents at Saint Patrick’s School in Newry were shocked to hear the allegations of sex abuse in the Altoona Johnstown Diocese.
Maureen Smith spent her school days at Saint Patrick’s which is where she now sends her grandsons Kealan and Kenny.
When she was in school, there were rumors of sex abuse and inappropriate activities.
“I kind of had suspicions about the one when I was in school because I heard some other children talking about it, but no one would believe them because he was the monsignor, the pastor of the parish,” remembered Maureen.
One of the fifty church officials, Monsignor Little, worked at Saint Patrick’s School but was removed in 2013 after he was accused of sexually abusing a young boy.
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