New Accusations Force the Question: Will Bishops "Be Held...

It's been just two months since Pope Francis declared, to the skepticism of victims' rights groups, that "Catholic bishops 'will be held accountable' for failing to protect children from sexual abuse," as CNN put it . But can we expect former Altoona-Johnstown Bishop Joseph Adamec and current Bishop Mark L. Bartchak to face consequences for their failures? Will they be swift and severe? Accusations that a priest from the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese had been molesting children at orphanages in Central America on his annual visits went unheeded by the PA diocese for five years.

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