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The August 2018 grand jury report includes all Pennsylvania dioceses except Philadelphia and Altoona–Johnstown, which had already issued earlier reports.. A grand jury investigation of Catholic Church sexual abuse in Pennsylvania lasted from 2016 to 2018, and investigated the history of clerical sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
In August 2018, Bishop Malesic acknowledged numerous reports of sex abuse of children between the 1950s and 1980s, and announced that the diocese would release the names of the accused clergy when the grand jury report was published. [36] [37] The Pennsylvania grand jury report was published in August 2018. It showed that 20 diocesan clergy had ...
The Department of Human Services operates a 24/7 hotline to report suspected child abuse or concerns about the welfare of a child. ChildLine can be reached at 800-932-0313. This is a developing story.
Erie police received a ChildLine report the next day. Boose did not testify. Evidence showed he denied the allegations in two interviews with the arresting officer, Erie police Detective Brian Barber.
[20] [21] The report cited sloppy record-keeping, lax oversight, and poor communication with citizens. [22] In May 2016, an interim report by the Auditor General showed that in 2015 nearly 42,000 calls to Childline, Pennsylvania's hotline for reports of child abuse, went unanswered, up from 6,780 in 2014.
SOMERSET TWP. — The investigation and resulting accusation a therapist sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy were prompted by "multiple childline reports that alleged inappropriate conversations ...
The press secretary for the state Department of Human Services, Brandon Cwalina, declined comment on the lawsuits but urged anyone who suspects children are being sexually abused or harassed at ...
At the end of 2023, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape rebranded and combined with the group Respect Together [31] and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The new name was the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect. On December 18, 2023, the 20-year-long CEO, Karen Baker, retired from the organization.