ALTOONA, Pa. – A grand jury report saying two former bishops helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of victims by more than 50 priests is continuing to cause fallout in a Pennsylvania diocese.
Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests plan a rally outside the Altoona-Johnstown diocese offices Tuesday.
Bishops James Hogan and Joseph Adamec, who headed the diocese from 1966 until 2011, were criticized in the report. Hogan died in 2005 and Adamec's attorney has denied any wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, Bishop Mark Bartchak has ordered banners of all former bishops removed from the diocese's central church.
Cambria County Judge Patrick Kiniry has also resigned from a diocese high school's board. The report says Kiniry, a former prosecutor, and Hogan removed an accused molester from ministry rather than filing charges.
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