A Roman Catholic priest on Friday became the first person sentenced to prison as a result of a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation that found hundreds of clergy had abused children over seven decades. The Rev. John Thomas Sweeney, 76, received 11½ months to five years in state prison and will…
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Priest named in Pennsylvania church sex abuse probe jailed
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