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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.
Mark Leonard Bartchak (born January 1, 1955) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania since 2011. Bartchak has also served on the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest court of the Vatican, since 2021 and is considered an authority on canon law.
In 2016, a Pennsylvania grand jury reported that at least 50 priests and others associated with the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown had abused hundreds of children across nearly half a century, and that diocesan leadership actively concealed the abuse. [34]
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Jun. 23—Pope Francis has appointed the Most Rev. Mark L. Bartchak, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura — the Vatican's ...
Joseph Carroll McCormick (December 15, 1907 – November 2, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania (1960–1966) and bishop of the Diocese of Scranton in Pennsylvania (1966–1983).
Then the DA initially lost the grand jury transcript and dropped the charges. ... Trevor Martin, then an altar boy, and at least two other young boys during his time in the Diocese of Stockton ...
Pope John Paul II appointed Trautman as bishop of the Diocese of Erie on June 2, 1990. As bishop, he improved the diocesan youth and vocational programs , renovated the interior of St. Peter Cathedral , and established a diocesan Deposit and Loan Fund and a retirement home for clergy dedicated in honor of his predecessor, Bishop Michael Murphy .