HARRISBURG — State investigators are
conducting “inquiries” into child-abuse allegations in Roman Catholic
dioceses beyond Altoona-Johnstown, which was the subject of a
hard-hitting grand jury report in March, Bruce Castor, solicitor general
in the attorney general's office, said Friday.
The grand jury report said nearly 50 priests
molested hundreds of children over several decades in the
Altoona-Johnstown Diocese. Castor's statement in an interview with the
Tribune-Review is the first public acknowledgement by Attorney General
Kathleen Kane's office that other allegations are getting a serious
review.