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Retired Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit that claims he covered up clergy sexual abuse when he was a...

Christmas is just hours away. Children are palpably excited. Parents are visibly exhausted. Teachers are rejoicing at a break. And I am pondering the ...

Every now and then, I see a story come through a wire service that intrigues me to the point where I need to know more. For instance, an Associated Pr...

Courage2Heal, a sexual assault survivors’ group started by Bradford natives, will be holding a support meeting Oct. 9 at Bradford Area Public Library....

A priest’s lyrical reference during a recent mass was found to be offensive by a member of the congregation On Sept. 15, the sermon at the evening mas...

The Catholic Diocese of Erie continues to experience financial ramifications from the clergy sex abuse crisis, including the Pennsylvania attorney gen...

What do Sigmund Freud, Prince, Janis Joplin and Pennsylvania-bred rapper Mac Miller all have in common? They all died from an opioid overdose. Images ...

Standing together, listening, supporting and surviving — those were the messages sent out Saturday evening at St. Bernard School at the first “Call to...

Survivors of childhood sexual abuse stand together figuratively. And on May 18 in Bradford, they will be standing together literally as well. Clergy a...

Hope. That’s what Bradford native Jim VanSickle took away from the Vatican’s clergy abuse summit he attended last week in Rome. “This trip has become ...

A message in Italian on the front of an envelope. A man who traveled more than 4,500 miles to make a plea for transparency from the man considered to ...

The Diocese of Erie has launched the Independent Survivors’ Reparation Program to administer a fund for the benefit of survivors of sexual abuse. The ...

Clergy abuse survivor Jim VanSickle has a message to deliver, and he’s taking it to the Vatican next week. VanSickle, a Bradford native who suffered a...

The ninth annual Polar Sweet Express vendor fair was held Saturday at the Johnsonburg Fire Hall. The event is a fundraiser for Citizens Against Physic...

Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for Jan. 30 for the Bradford couple charged with the alleged abuse of an infant over a period of two weeks. A...

(Editor’s note: Although Chuck’s column focuses on the decrease of officials in New York State, this problem has also plagued the PIAA and District 9 ...

Former Bradford Central Christian teacher David Poulson was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to 2 ½ to 14 years in state prison for his repe...

The Bradford couple jailed for the alleged abuse of an infant are scheduled to be in district court next week. Alana Dinch, 20, is scheduled for a pre...

The latest modification to the Diocese of Erie public disclosure list has multiple people with local ties — including the first religious Sister to be...

A Bradford woman was arraigned Friday on allegations that she mistreated, malnourished and threatened to beat her 2-year-old son if police or social w...