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26 May 2016

‘I apologize for the pain’: Bishop leads prayer vigil for victims of priest abuse

Bishop Mark Bartchak started his reflection on Monday by posing the question “What can you possibly say at a time like this?” during a prayer service for victims of sexual abuse.
It is a question many members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown have wrestled with since the state Office of the Attorney General released a grand jury report in March that accused the organization of being involved in a decades-long coverup to protect priests and other religious leaders who allegedly sexually abused children.

http://www.tribdem.com/news/i-apologize-for-the-pain-bishop-leads-prayer-vigil-for/article_240ca2d2-1be3-11e6-acf6-4b9dd7b89383.html