Politics & Government
Sister Scary: Don't Ask Questions
A former Pottstown-area church religious education director on Monday testified at the trial of a church official and priest in the landmark clergy sex-abuse case involving the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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Sister Joan Scary said she got one clear instruction when the Rev. Edward M. DePaoli arrived at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in September 1995: Don't ask questions.
Though she had been director of religious education at the Pottstown-area church since 1989, Scary told a Philadelphia jury Monday that St. Gabriel's pastor, the Rev. James Gormley, warned her that if she talked about DePaoli, "I could pack my bags and leave."
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