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	Tamaqua Church Extols Its Bells Outside Service, Schuylkill Man Petitions for Law Extending the Time Child Abuse Victims Have to File Criminal Charges By Chris Parker Morning Call [Tamaqua PA] October 14, 2006 http://www.mcall.com/news/local/lehighton/all-b3_1churchoct1 4,0,645359.story?coll=all-newslocallehighton-hed Retired Bishop Thomas Welsh elicited giggles from delighted school children Friday as he held a Mass of thanksgiving in Tamaqua's St. Jerome's Catholic Church bell system the church recently purchased. The $15,000 carillon, which is composed of at least 23 bells , was made possible by a donation from philanthropist brothers Ralph and Daniel Cipko, Lansford natives who for years have donated equipment and money to Catholic schools, churches and municipalities. The brothers didn't attend the service due to illness. Inside the church, Welsh joked with students from the adjacent parochial school, asking questions, bestowing smiles on upturned faces and occasionally touching a child's head or shoulders. Outside the church, Vince Catizone Jr., 50, of Girardville, asked passers-by to sign his petition to support legislation extending the time child abuse victims have to file criminal charges. Catizone, along with another Schuylkill County man, Scott Greis, in January 2004 sued the Allentown Diocese when he found out it had transferred some abusive priests to other communities. Catizone said he was molested by a priest beginning in 1966, when he was 10. Catizone's attorney, Jay N. Abramowitch of Wyomissing, and colleague Richard Serbin of Altoona sued the diocese and Bishop Edward P. Cullen and Welsh because the two-year statute of limitations chris.parker@mcall.com or 610-379-3224
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