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Lawsuit: Man alleges Allentown Diocese priests sexually abused, tortured him in church basement in the 1970s

McGettigan Allentown Clerical Abuse Title: Lawsuit: Man alleges Allentown Diocese priests sexually abused, tortured him in church basement in the 1970s Author: Laurie Mason Schroeder Publisher: The Morning Call Date: 20MAY2020 A Texas man is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown and one of its churches, St. Catharine of Siena in Reading, claiming he

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‘The church we so believed in abandoned us,’ mom of assault victim says at sentencing of Allentown Diocese priest

Transferring Priests Molest Children Title: ‘The church we so believed in abandoned us,’ mom of assault victim says at sentencing of Allentown Diocese priest Author:  Laurie Mason Schroeder and Daniel Patrick Sheehan Publisher: The Morning Call Date: 24FEB2020 After the father of a 17-year-old Allentown Central Catholic High School student who was groped by an

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