The Catholic Church is deeply ingrained in the Johnstown region's identity.
Worshipers have celebrated and mourned together, lived lives of virtue, served their communities, and raised their children in the faith – all within the framework of the institution. But, that same structure allowed countless acts of alleged child sexual abuse to take place – and be covered up – in the opinion of Robert Hoatson, founder of Road to Recovery, a New Jersey-based advocacy group.
http://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/whistleblower-hoatson-local-child-abuse-secret-protected-by-culture-dome/article_c88a5eb0-dd0c-56a3-97d2-6126b2de4c01.html
Worshipers have celebrated and mourned together, lived lives of virtue, served their communities, and raised their children in the faith – all within the framework of the institution. But, that same structure allowed countless acts of alleged child sexual abuse to take place – and be covered up – in the opinion of Robert Hoatson, founder of Road to Recovery, a New Jersey-based advocacy group.
http://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/whistleblower-hoatson-local-child-abuse-secret-protected-by-culture-dome/article_c88a5eb0-dd0c-56a3-97d2-6126b2de4c01.html