PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
BY LAUREN HENSLEY MONDAY, MARCH 7TH 2016
EBENSBURG, Pa.– A Cambria County judge has resigned from the Bishop McCort Board of Trustees.
Judge Patrick Kiniry was named in the state attorney general’s grand jury report that uncovered widespread sexual abuse allegations and a cover-up involving the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese.
Kiniry was named in particular during the investigation into Monsignor Francis McCaa in 1985.
The chairman of the board of trustees confirmed Kiniry’s resignation with 6News on Monday. 6News asked for a copy of the letter of resignation and date it was submitted but our requests went unanswered Monday.
The grand jury report says Kiniry, who was at the time the assistant district attorney of Cambria County met with Bishop James Hogan. The document says it was agreed to have McCaa pulled from the church and given counseling.
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