The only way to stop Catholic clerics who
abuse children is to prosecute the people who oversee them and let it
continue, said an Altoona lawyer who has successfully represented dozens
of victims across Pennsylvania.
Attorney Richard Serbin said he thinks
agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office were pursuing a
broader investigation Thursday near this Blair County borough when they
raided St. Bernadine Monastery, where a Franciscan friar accused of
molesting children killed himself two years ago.