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Jul 02, 2024
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 03, 2021
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...
Local News
Feb 13, 2021
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 26, 2020
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...
Local News
Jul 09, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University has removed the name from Hopkins Hall, the university’s administration building. Some investigativ...
Local News
May 09, 2020
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...
Sep 27, 2019
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...
Local News, News, Online Features
Oct 17, 2018
A former Bradford priest who was criminally charged for allegations he sexually abused or attempted to sexually abuse two boys has pleaded guilty. Dav...
Local News, News
Sep 10, 2018
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...
Local News, News
Aug 21, 2018
In the public school system, the former practice of quietly relocating teachers accused of sexual misconduct was referred to as “passing the trash.” B...
Local News, News, Online Features
Aug 15, 2018
More than 1,300 pages representing years of pain, darkness and horror were released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday, in the statewide grand ...
Local News, News
Aug 09, 2018
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...
Local News, News
Aug 07, 2018
ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...
News, PA State News
Aug 07, 2018
ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...
Crime, News
Jul 20, 2018
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 ...
Local News, News
May 09, 2018
A priest and former Bradford Central Christian High School teacher has been arrested on indecent assault allegations filed in Jefferson County. The Re...
Local News, News, Online Features
May 09, 2018
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...
Local News, News
Apr 07, 2018
Michael Amy, Salvatore Luzzi, Samuel Slocum, Joseph Jerge, Giles Nealen, WIlliam Presley, Stephen Jeselnick, David Poulson — these natives of, or form...
Local News, News
Mar 30, 2018
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...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 21, 2017
Five years after his conviction for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy, former Bradford priest Samuel Slocum has been defrocked b...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
