8/3/18
by News Department on 08/03/18Diocese releases names...
Roman Catholics are reacting one day after the Diocese of Harrisburg named priests and others, both living and dead, accused of sex abuse.
Some of those priests and church officials served at churches in Northumberland County.
School administrators at Our Lady of Lourdes say they found out about the accusations Wednesday after looking up the names online.
Fr. Thomas Haney and Fr. Philip Dechico were past principals at Our Lady of Lourdes near Shamokin and are on a list of accused sex abusers in the church that stretches back to the 1940s.
Both Fr. Dechico and Fr. Haney have passed away.
With a new year of school around the corner, school officials say new procedures have been put in place to protect children.
