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April 1, 2022 | 5:14 AM

84-year-old defrocked priest gets house arrest for lying to FBI in probe of abuse cases in Pennsylvania.

Under a plea agreement, he admitted he lied to the FBI when agents visited his home in 2019.

By Maryclaire Dale/The Associated Press
March 3, 2022 | 3:19 PM

Pennsylvania priest gets prison term for sexually abusing altar boy

A western Pennsylvania Roman Catholic priest who sexually assaulted an altar boy for several years has been sentenced to 2 1/2 to five years in state prison.

By The Associated Press
April 8, 2021 | 7:32 AM

Defrocked priest from Pennsylvania revered in East Timor accused of abuse

The ex-priest faces 14 counts of child sexual abuse, one count of child pornography and one count of domestic violence.
By Margie Mason, Robin McDowell/Associated Press

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December 13, 2020 | 9:54 AM

DOJ probe of Catholic church abuse goes quiet 2 years later

In Pennsylvania alone, at least four other state and local prosecutors spent years investigating the church and produced harrowing grand jury reports in 2005, 2011, 2016 and 2018, each time concluding they could not indict any bishops or the church itself because of the years that had passed.

By MaryClaire Dale/AP