Summary of Case: Robert J. Kelly was ordained for the
Altoona-Johnstown PA diocese in 1974. He assisted at parishes in State
College, Johnstown, Geistown, Altoona, Bellwood, and Gallitzen, and was
pastor in Lockhaven and Philipsburg. He spent several years at the North
American College in Rome and, for a short time, was a prison chaplain.
In 1993 a man reported to the diocese that Kelly sexually abused him
from ages 12 to 14 during 1975-77, when Kelly was assigned to Our Lady
of Victory in State College.
Kelly's accuser said the priest offered him alcohol, and that the abuse occurred at the parish, on drives to the mountains, and at a movie theater. Kelly was quietly sent by Bishop Adamec to treatment then given another parish assignment. He was also sent to a Charleston SC convent as chaplain in around 1993-94. Per the PA Attorney General's March 2016 Grand Jury Report, Kelly also attempted sexual advances on a 14-year-old boy in 1978. The Grand Jury called "horrifying" the fact that Adamec returned Kelly to parish ministry. By 1994 Kelly was the diocese's Director of the Society for the Propogation of the Faith and Holy Childhood Association and in 1999 he was named pastor of SS Peter and Paul in Philipsburg; he remained in both positions until his removal in February 2015 by Bishop Bartchak during a review of previous allegations.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Kelly_Robert_J.htm
Kelly's accuser said the priest offered him alcohol, and that the abuse occurred at the parish, on drives to the mountains, and at a movie theater. Kelly was quietly sent by Bishop Adamec to treatment then given another parish assignment. He was also sent to a Charleston SC convent as chaplain in around 1993-94. Per the PA Attorney General's March 2016 Grand Jury Report, Kelly also attempted sexual advances on a 14-year-old boy in 1978. The Grand Jury called "horrifying" the fact that Adamec returned Kelly to parish ministry. By 1994 Kelly was the diocese's Director of the Society for the Propogation of the Faith and Holy Childhood Association and in 1999 he was named pastor of SS Peter and Paul in Philipsburg; he remained in both positions until his removal in February 2015 by Bishop Bartchak during a review of previous allegations.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Kelly_Robert_J.htm