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Pennsylvania Teacher Apologizes to Parents After Trump Refugee Assignment
School officials in Pennsylvania have apologized to parents after students received a homework assignment involving President Donald Trump.
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Teacher Apologizes After Giving Students Homework About Trump
A teacher in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, had to apologize after giving students homework where they had to pretend to be refugees fleeing their homes from President Donald Trump.
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Delaware High School Graduate Among the Victims of Ohio Mass Shooting
A graduate of Delcastle Technical High School in Wilmington, Delaware, was among the nine people killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend.
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Delaware High School Grad and Pennsylvania College Student Among Victims of Ohio Mass Shooting
A Delaware high school graduate and a Pennsylvania college student were among the victims of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, that killed seven other people over the weekend. NBC News spoke to the mother of Beatrice Nicole Warren-Curtis. A Central Pennsylvania community is also mourning Nicholas Cumer, a student at Saint Francis University in Cambria County.
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For Decades, a Sexual Predator Doctor Groomed This Community to Believe He Could Do No Wrong
Johnnie Barto, 71, will be sentenced Monday at Cambria County Courthouse in Pennsylvania to spend what’s likely to be the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing a total of 29 children, including two relatives when they were minors, NBC News reports. Prosecutors say Barto has admitted to sexually assaulting more than two dozen children during the four...
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Pa.'s Attorney General Calls for No Statute of Limitations in Wake of Clergy Abuse Report
After the release of a grand jury report detailing some of the alleged sexual abuse of children by members of Pennsylvania’s Catholic clergy, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined advocates for victims of clergy abuse and other elected officials to call change for an end to the statute of limitations for child sex abuse.
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Pa. AG Calls for No Restrictions on Clergy Sex Abuse Cases
As the fallout continues after a Grand Jury report detailing decades of clergy sex abuse, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a D.C. Cardinal. Amidst the resignation, the Pennsylvania Attorney General is calling for no restrictions on clergy sex abuse cases.
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Roundtable Looks to Address Mandatory Reporting in Wake of Pennsylvania Report on Catholic Clergy Abuse
More than a month after releasing a grand jury report detailing some of the alleged sexual abuse of children by members of Pennsylvania’s Catholic clergy, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro held a roundtable discussion with victims of clergy abuse and lawmakers looking to change the rules.
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What Should Pa. Be Doing in Wake of Catholic Sex Abuse Report?
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro hosted a roundtable Tuesday to address what needs to happen in Harrisburg to prevent future abuse in the Catholic church and other institutions.
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Pennsylvania AG: We Have Evidence the Vatican Knew About Clergy Abuse Cover-up
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has evidence that the Vatican knew about the cover-up of clergy abuse in the Catholic Church, but said he couldn’t verify whether Pope Francis had direct knowledge of the crimes by priests. Shapiro told NBC’s “Today” show during an interview Tuesday that the grand jury unearthed handwritten notes detailing the abuse stored...
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Pope Francis on Pennsylvania Sex Abuse Scandal: ‘Shame and Sorrow' for Catholic Church
Pope Francis denounced on Thursday the horrible findings of a years-long grand jury report into 70 years of sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
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Vatican Releases Statement on Grand Jury Report
Just days after the Grand Jury released a report on Pennsylvania clergy abuse, the Vatican has released a statement. The Pope used two words to express his reaction: “shame and sorrow.”
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Allentown Solicitor Fired After Being Accused of Trying to Discredit Victim in Pennsylvania Priest Sex Abuse Report
A day after an explosive grand jury report was released accusing hundreds of Pennsylvania priests of child sex abuse, Allentown’s solicitor was fired for allegedly trying to discredit one of the victims while he was the lawyer for the Allentown Diocese.
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Hundreds of ‘Predator Priests' Sexually Abused Young Victims, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Finds
A scathing and often graphic grand jury report implicates more than 300 Catholic clergy members in six Pennsylvania dioceses of sexually abusing thousands of young victims over several decades.
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Shapiro on Grand Jury Report: 301 Pa. ‘Predator Priests' Abused Thousands of Kids
After a protracted legal fight over the release of a comprehensive grand jury report, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro detailed sexual abuse allegations against 301 Catholic priests in Pennsylvania. Calling the men “predators,” Shapiro said the grand jury believes there may be thousands of victims. WARNING: This video includes content that some may find disturbing. Viewer discretion advised.
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Nearly Two Dozen Current, Former Clergy Opposing Release of Pennsylvania Child Sex Abuse Report
Nearly two dozen current and former Roman Catholic clergy members say a grand jury report into child sexual abuse and attempts to cover it up is replete with errors and “improper assertions,” and they argue Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court shouldn’t grant a request to make it public.
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‘Many Individuals' Object to Naming in Church Abuse Probe
Pennsylvania’s highest court said its decision last week to hold up the release of a major grand jury report on sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses is the result of challenges filed by “many individuals” cited in the report.
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Court Halts Release of Report on Pennsylvania Priest Abuse
Pennsylvania’s highest court is holding up the public release of a grand jury report expected to reveal details of widespread sexual abuse, dating back decades, by Roman Catholic priests in six dioceses across the state.
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Awaiting Extensive Report on Pennsylvania Priest Abuse
The results of a lengthy probe into the handling of sexual abuse claims by Roman Catholic dioceses throughout Pennsylvania, which victim advocates say will be the biggest and most exhaustive ever by a U.S. state, could be made public within weeks.
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State Lawmaker Says He Was Abused by a Priest as a Teen
An NBC10 Exclusive as we await the release of a new Grand Jury report on child sex abuse within Catholic churches throughout Pennsylvania. A state lawmaker who says he was abused by a priest in the Reading area is speaking out about his story and his fight for victims.