Bishop George Murry, the fifth bishop of the Youngstown Diocese, died June 5 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York, after a two-year battle with leukemia. He was 71.
Bishop George Murry of Youngstown has announced the names of 31 clergy and one religious brother who served in the diocese since its founding in 1943 who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
On his first day back at work Sept. 4, Bishop George Murry of Youngstown spoke happily of his return, but he also addressed the somber subject of the sex abuse crisis now in the news.
