3News Investigates: Woman opens up about sexual abuse allegations against Cleveland priest
The woman first filed a report in October 2018, but the case remains open without charges against Rev. Anthony Schuerger. Author: Phil Trexler, Rachel Polansky (WKYC) Published: 3:53 AM EDT May 22, 2021 Updated: 4:13 AM EDT May 22, 2021
CLEVELAND It took her 30 years to confront her past. Father Tony was always nice, or so I thought, she said. He was very kind, gentle. He always spent a lot of time with the kids, so I trusted him until everything happened.
What happened, she said, is what s happened to dozens, if not hundreds of children over the past several decades: sexual abuse committed by a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.
Masks or no masks? Northeast Ohio businesses must decide protocols after mandates lift
Updated May 19, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Until mid-May, wearing masks in Ohio was a strict mandate, with businesses and other public places enforcing the policy as best as possible.
But as of last Friday, that mandate has loosened, at least for vaccinated people. Gov. Mike DeWine announced that fully vaccinated Ohioans wouldn’t be required to wear a mask unless they are in certain crowded indoor settings after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated people don’t have to wear masks outside or in most indoor spaces.
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Catholics steering away from J&J vaccine
Julie Washington - Advance Ohio Media
CLEVELAND Catholic leaders are steering church members away from the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for moral reasons.
Johnson & Johnson’s use of fetal cell lines to design, develop, produce and test its vaccine makes it “morally compromised,” some church leaders say. The Catholic church staunchly opposes abortion.
Fetal cell lines are grown in a laboratory and are related to cells taken from elective abortions from decades ago. None of the current COVID-19 vaccines use fetal cells from recent abortions, Nebraska Medicine infectious disease expert Dr. James Lawler wrote in an article for the hospital system’s website.