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OLEAN — Celebration and victory, as well as shame and betrayal, were the themes the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels conveyed to its parishioners at...

The majority of Catholic priests are great, courageous, hard-working, holy men. The priests involved in the sexual misconduct scandals are a very smal...

As someone who has had the opportunity to experience 17 years of a Catholic education, reading the article in the Times Herald about sexual abuse by a...

OLEAN — Current Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels clergymen said Monday they feel betrayed by the recent revelation a former St. Mary’s priest sexual...

OLEAN — Admissions of child sexual abuse by the Rev. Norbert Orsolits continue to send shockwaves through the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and A...

OLEAN — A retired priest, who admitted this week to sexually abusing dozens of teenage boys decades ago, served in Olean and Portville during the 1980...

OLEAN — When Father Patrick Melfi stepped in as the new leader of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church at 931 N. Union St. this summer, he represented the...

OLEAN — When the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels solemnized its designation as a basilica in June, law enforcement officers blocked off West Henley...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Five years after his conviction for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy, former Bradford priest Samuel Slocum has ...

OLEAN — For part of the Rev. Gregory Dobson’s career, his most important task was to wake up and open the doors of a church each morning at 6 a.m. “I ...