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The Diocese of Erie (Latin: Dioecesis Eriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Diocese of Erie was founded on July 29, 1853. Its mother church is St. Peter's Cathedral in Erie.
Persico was ordained a priest by Bishop William G. Connare for the Diocese of Greensburg at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg on April 30, 1977. After his 1977 ordination, the diocese assigned Persico as parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception Parish in Irwin, Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1980.
Bartchak was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Erie on May 15, 1981, by Bishop Michael J. Murphy at St. Peter Cathedral in Erie. [2] After his ordination, the diocese assigned Bartchak as temporary parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish. In August 1981, he was named parochial vicar at St. Francis Parish in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
Lohse was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Erie by Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy on April 21, 1989, at St. Peter Cathedral in Erie. [6] [7]After his 1989 ordination, the diocese assigned Lohse as parochial vicar for one year at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Corry, Pennsylvania.
Diocese puts Monsignor John Hagerty, headmaster at Cathedral Prep in 1980s, on list of those "under investigation" for child sexual abuse.
Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of the Diocese of Erie, who received praise from Shapiro, acknowledged there was a cover-up in the church. [60] Persico subsequently stated that he felt that the grand jury report should have included the names of accused laypeople who worked for the Erie Diocese as well. [24]
Sep. 17—Boys from Joplin and Carthage and a boy and a girl from Neosho are among 11 alleged victims of past sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials cited in a lawsuit filed last week against ...
An allegation of sexual abuse against Erie priest William Presley, who was transferred to the Harrisburg Diocese in 1986, had also been reported to the Diocese by his male accuser in 1982, 1987, and 2002. [7]