Two Roman Catholic bishops who led a Pennsylvania diocese, helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children over a span of four decades. A grand jury report says that children had been molested by more than 50 priests over the forty year period. Press TV reports According to a grand jury’s 147-page document released on Tuesday, the case is particularly focused on Bishops James Hogan and Joseph Adamec, who were in charge of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown in Pennsylvania from the mid-1960s until 2011. The report said Hogan was involved in covering up abuse allegations by transferring offending priests and Adamec, his staff at the time who succeeded him later, threatening some victims with excommunication. Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania Attorney General, whose office made the report public, said in a statement that their conduct endangered thousands of children and allowed child predators to abuse additional victims. “The heinous crimes these children endured are absolutely unconscionable,” said Kane. “These predators desecrated a sacred trust and preyed upon their victims in the very places where they should have felt most safe.” “Just as troubling is the cover-up perpetrated by clergy leaders that allowed this abuse to continue for decades,” Kane added. “They failed in [...]