[Robert Mizic, 47, said his life was taken away as an altar boy 35 years ago, when he was abused by his parish priest at a Catholic Church in suburban Philadelphia.

He is one of the many accusers in a sweeping scandal encircling the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.

Hundreds of priests were said to have molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s, and senior church officials, including a man who is now the archbishop of Washington, D.C., allegedly covered up the abuse, according to a grand jury report released Tuesday.](https://www.foxnews.com/us/stunning-findings-on-report-of-catholic-church-abuse-pa-priests-molested-more-than-1000-children)