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The Rev. James Gutting will retire Monday from lengthy service as a priest at St. Bernard Church in Bradford. With 49 years of service, Gutting will b...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, the 14th-century saint, I was surrounded by Dominican friars, priests who have dedicated thei...

ERIE — Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, will mark the beginning of the first full season of Lent to take place during the pandemic. As such, the Office of Wors...

In response to a letter in The Era on Oct. 19 from John Jeselnick: Mr. Jeselnick contrasts the “brash promises” of President Trump with the “calming c...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University has removed the name from Hopkins Hall, the university’s administration building. Some investigativ...

ERIE — As all 13 counties of the Diocese of Erie move into the yellow phase for reopening, the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has anno...

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...

A former Bradford priest who was criminally charged for allegations he sexually abused or attempted to sexually abuse two boys has pleaded guilty. Dav...

The Diocese of Erie has removed from public ministry a priest who once served in Port Allegany and was an administrator in Emporium. The diocese annou...

In the public school system, the former practice of quietly relocating teachers accused of sexual misconduct was referred to as “passing the trash.” B...

More than 1,300 pages representing years of pain, darkness and horror were released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday, in the statewide grand ...

A letter condemning same-sex marriage as blasphemous and a perversion was included recently in the church bulletin at St. Eulalia Catholic Church in C...

ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...

ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...

ERIE — A priest who had taught at Elk County Catholic High School was among the seven names released Wednesday by the Diocese of Erie as someone with ...

A priest and former Bradford Central Christian High School teacher has been arrested on indecent assault allegations filed in Jefferson County. The Re...

It’s been 36 years since Jim VanSickle spoke to Father David Poulson. The next time the Bradford Central Christian High School graduate sees the pries...

Michael Amy, Salvatore Luzzi, Samuel Slocum, Joseph Jerge, Giles Nealen, WIlliam Presley, Stephen Jeselnick, David Poulson — these natives of, or form...

A former priest has publicly named a now-deceased priest, who served in Elk County, as having sexually abused him when he was a teenager in the Erie a...

Five years after his conviction for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy, former Bradford priest Samuel Slocum has been defrocked b...