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85-705: Scranton Prep opened its doors in 1944. At the request of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton and of Catholic families in the area, the Jesuits who had recently assumed ownership of the University of Scranton began preparations to open a college preparatory school in the Scranton area. Led by the university's president, W. Coleman Nevils , the Jesuits renovated a building known as the “Annex” on

170-662: A boys' school, Scranton Prep became co-educational in 1971 when a fire destroyed Marywood Seminary, a local girls’ academy conducted by the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters. Although the Prep's staff and operation were for the most part distinct from the university, it was owned by the university and under its corporate control from 1944 until 1977, when it received its official charter of separate incorporation in 1977. Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton The Diocese of Scranton ( Latin : Dioecesis Scrantonensis )

255-513: A more equitable sharing of operational costs between parents, pastors and the diocese. In 1985, Timlin announced that he would boycott two events honoring Catholic congressmen because of their support of abortion rights for women. The first event honored Democratic representative Peter W. Rodino Jr. at a St. Patrick's Day dinner in Lackawanna County . The second event was the awarding of an honorary degree to Democratic Speaker of

340-569: A net height of 1,009 feet (308 m) between basins, requiring the use of more than 100 water locks , which were too expensive to be maintained under the new competition. The Susquehanna River figures in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement . It holds that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the priesthood from heavenly beings at a site along the Susquehanna and performed their first baptisms of Latter Day Saints in

425-726: A priest at St Casimir Parish in Freeland . Between 1980 and 1985, Skotek had raped and eventually impregnated a teenage girl in the parish. In October 1986, after Timlin learned about the crime, he sent Skotek to Saint Luke Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland for psychological evaluation. In 1987, after Skotek returned to the diocese, Timlin reassigned him to St. Aloysius Parish in Wilkes-Barre. Timlin never notified parishioners in St. Aloysius or civil authorities about Skotek's rape of

510-697: A third major language family, with their peoples occupying much of the middle areas of the interior. Algongquian-speaking peoples predominated in the coastal areas. Iroquoian speakers , such as the Cherokee and Tuscarora peoples , generally occupied areas to the interior near the Piedmont and foothills. In 1615, the river was traversed by the French explorer Étienne Brûlé . In the 1670s the Conestoga, or Susquehannock people, succumbed to Iroquois conquest by

595-497: A woman had complained to him about the relationship between Caparelli and her two young sons. This information was confirmed by the church pastor. McCormick then transferred Caparelli to a new parish. In 1974, an officer of the Pennsylvania State Police confronted Caparelli with accusations of sexual abuse of different victims. Although Caparelli admitted guilt, he was transferred to another diocese. Caparelli

680-848: Is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan see of Archdiocese of Philadelphia , established on March 3, 1868. The mother church of the Diocese of Scranton is St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton. The Diocese of Scranton includes the cities of Scranton , Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport , Hazleton , Nanticoke, Carbondale and Pittston. The diocese comprises Lackawanna , Luzerne, Bradford , Susquehanna, Wayne , Tioga, Sullivan , Wyoming, Lycoming , Pike, and Monroe counties The area of

765-616: Is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland). At 444 miles (715 km) long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States . By watershed area, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States, and also the longest river in the early 21st-century continental United States without commercial boat traffic. The Susquehanna River forms from two main branches:

850-515: Is a practical ferry for up to four vehicles and 50 passengers, while the Pride of the Susquehanna , based at Harrisburg, provides a passenger-only pleasure cruise. Most of the canals have been filled in or are partially preserved as a part of historical parks. Dams generally are used to generate power or to provide lakes for recreation. The environmental group American Rivers named the Susquehanna " America's Most Endangered River for 2005 " because of

935-791: Is regarded by many as one of the premier bass fishing rivers in North America. Canoe races are held annually on various sections of the river, such as the amateur race held in Oneonta, New York . Susquehanna rowing and paddling have a long history. Starting in 1874, rowers from Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania , raced men from Sunbury . The General Clinton Canoe Regatta, a 70-mile (110 km) flat-water race, takes place each year in Bainbridge, New York , on Memorial Day weekend. Binghamton University Crew and Hiawatha Island Boat Club are also located on

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1020-613: The Allegheny Plateau region of the Appalachian Mountains , cutting through a succession of water gaps in a broad zigzag course to flow across the rural heartland of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland in the lateral near-parallel array of mountain ridges. The river empties into the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay at Perryville and Havre de Grace, Maryland , providing half of

1105-470: The Chernobyl nuclear accident . The remaining reactor at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station was shut down in 2019. In 2015, a smallmouth bass with a rare, cancerous tumor was caught from the river, raising renewed concerns about toxic materials and water pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency reported, "we do not have sufficient data at this time to scientifically support listing

1190-572: The Chesapeake Bay . It was well established in the flat tidelands of eastern North America during the Mesozoic era about 252 to 66 million years ago. This is the same period when the Hudson , Delaware and Potomac rivers were established. Both branches and the lower Susquehanna were part of important regional transportation corridors. The river was extensively used for muscle-powered ferries , boats , and canal boat shipping of bulk goods in

1275-587: The Civil War 's 1863 Gettysburg Campaign , Union Major General Darius N. Couch , commander of the Department of the Susquehanna , resolved that Robert E. Lee 's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia would not cross the Susquehanna. He positioned militia units under Maj. Granville Haller to protect key bridges in Harrisburg and Wrightsville , as well as nearby fords. Confederate forces reached

1360-530: The Diocese of Cleveland as the third Bishop of Scranton. During his tenure, he established seven parishes and fourteen schools in the diocese, despite the economic ravages of the Great Depression . Pius XI appointed Bishop William Hafey from the Diocese of Raleigh as coadjutor bishop in 1936. Hafey became bishop of Scranton after O'Reilly died in 1938. Hafey created new parishes, multiplied

1445-620: The Endless Mountains in the Allegheny Plateau of Pennsylvania. It receives the Lackawanna River southwest of Scranton and turns sharply to the southwest, flowing through the former anthracite industrial heartland in the mountain ridges of northeastern Pennsylvania, past Pittston City ( Greater Pittston ), Wilkes-Barre , Nanticoke , Shickshinny , Berwick , Bloomsburg , and Danville , before receiving

1530-569: The Lenape (Delaware) word siskëwahane meaning "Muddy River". Alternatively, it may come from the Lenape (Delaware) term Sisa'we'hak'hanna , which means "Oyster River". Oyster beds were widespread in the bay near the mouth of the river, which the Lenape farmed. They left oyster shell middens at their villages. A third account translates "Susquehanna" from the Susquehannock language , of

1615-803: The Monongahela , Allegheny Rivers and their confluence into the Ohio River flowing southwest towards the Mississippi River . The 82-mile (132 km) Union Canal was completed in 1828 to connect the Schuylkill River (flowing southeast towards the Delaware River at Philadelphia ) at Reading westwards to the Susquehanna River above the state capital of Harrisburg . Competition from faster transport via

1700-599: The North Branch , which rises in Cooperstown, New York , and is regarded by federal mapmakers as the main branch or headwaters, and the West Branch , which rises in western Pennsylvania and joins the main branch near Northumberland in central Pennsylvania. The river drains 27,500 square miles (71,000 km ), including nearly half of the land area of Pennsylvania. The drainage basin includes portions of

1785-653: The Ohio River . In 1792, the Union Canal was proposed in order to link the Susquehanna and the Delaware rivers in Pennsylvania along Swatara and Tulpehocken creeks. In the 19th century, many industrial centers developed along the Susquehanna, using its water power to drive mills and coal machinery, to cool machines, and as a waterway for the transport of raw and manufactured goods. Based on colonial charters, both Pennsylvania and Connecticut claimed land in

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1870-616: The Polish National Catholic Church , establishing a permanent break with the Roman Catholic Church. When O'Hara died in 1899 after 31 years as bishop, the diocese had a Catholic population of 125,000, with 78 churches, 130 priests, and 40 parochial schools with 12,000 students. Hoban automatically became the second bishop of Scranton in 1899 after O'Hara's death. After Hoban's death in 1926, Pope Pius XI named Monsignor Thomas O'Reilly from

1955-561: The Southern Tier of New York . The first church in northeastern Pennsylvania was built in 1825 near Silver Lake. O'Flynn died at Danville in 1829, and was succeeded by William Clancy. Clancy departed the region in 1834 and in 1836 the diocese sent Henry Fitzsimmons to replace him. Fitzsimmons took up his residence in Carbondale , where a church had been built in 1832. In 1838, the diocese sent John Vincent O'Reilly to assist in

2040-534: The Susquehanna Gap through the Blue Mountain Ridge , just northwest of Harrisburg . Downtown Harrisburg developed on the east side of the river, which is nearly a mile wide here. Harrisburg is the largest city located on the lower river, which flows southeast across South Central Pennsylvania , forming the border between York and Lancaster counties, and receiving Swatara Creek from

2125-536: The Wyoming Valley along the Susquehanna. Connecticut founded Westmoreland County here and defended its claim in the Pennamite Wars . Under federal arbitration, eventually the state ceded this territory to Pennsylvania. In the 1790s English Lake Poets Robert Southey , Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and Robert Lovell formulated the " Pantisocracy Plan" to marry three sisters and move to the banks of

2210-514: The history of the United States . In the 18th century, William Penn , the founder of the Pennsylvania Colony , negotiated with the Lenape to allow white settlement in the area between the Delaware River and the Susquehanna, which was part of Lenape territory. In late colonial times, the river became an increasingly important transportation corridor, used to ship anthracite coal , discovered by Necho Allen , from its upper reaches in

2295-859: The railroad industry by the 1850s resulted in reducing the reliance on the river for transport. Two canal systems were constructed on the lower Susquehanna to bypass the rapids. The first was the Susquehanna Canal , also called the Conowingo Canal or the Port Deposit Canal, completed in 1802 by a Maryland company known as the Proprietors of the Susquehanna Canal. The second was the much longer and more successful Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal . The canals required dams to provide canal water and navigation pools. As

2380-618: The 1970s. The third plaintiff claimed abuse by Ralph N. Ferraldo, an assistant pastor at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Hazleton from 1982 to 1983. In August 2020, it was revealed that 30 new lawsuits related to sexual abuse allegations against clergy were being filed against the diocese. 41°24′36″N 75°39′47″W  /  41.41001°N 75.66297°W  / 41.41001; -75.66297 Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River ( / ˌ s ʌ s k w ə ˈ h æ n ə / SUSS -kwə- HAN -ə ; Lenape : Siskëwahane )

2465-491: The Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The pope appointed Monsignor William O'Hara of Philadelphia as the first bishop of the new diocese. When O'Hara became bishop, the diocese had a Catholic population of 25,000 with 47 churches, 25 priests, and two parochial schools with four students. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Slavic and Italian immigrants, attracted by jobs in the coal-mining industry, comprised half of

2550-629: The Bay's freshwater inflow. The bay lies in the flooded valley, or ria , of the Susquehanna. The Susquehanna River is one of the oldest existing rivers in the world, being dated as 320–340 Myr , older than the mountain ridges through which it flows. These ridges resulted from the Alleghenian orogeny uplift events, when Africa (as part of Gondwana ) slammed into the Northern part of Euramerica . The Susquehanna basin reaches its ultimate outflow in

2635-602: The Catholic population in the diocese. In 1871, O'Hara removed Michael P. Stack from his position as pastor of the Church of the Annunciation Parish in Williamsport due to financial mismanagement. Stack then sued O'Hara, starting a legal battle that would last until 1881, when Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled in O'Hara's favor. In 1896, Pope Leo XIII appointed Michael Hoban as coadjutor bishop of

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2720-531: The Great Lakes. The English of Pennsylvania referred to the Eroni people of Conestoga as "Susquehannocks" or "Susquehannock Indians", a name derived from the Lenape term. In addition, John Smith of Jamestown , Virginia, labeled their settlement as "Sasquesahanough" on his 1612 map when he explored the upper Chesapeake Bay area. In Virginia and other southern colonies, Siouan -speaking tribes constituted

2805-532: The House Tip O'Neill Jr. at a commencement ceremony at the University of Scranton. In 2003, Timlin refused to attend the commencement ceremonies for the University of Scranton because of the pro-choice stance of honorary-degree recipient Chris Matthews . After Timlin retired in 2002, John Paul II named Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Martino of Philadelphia in 2003 as the next bishop of Scranton. In 2004,

2890-818: The Iroquoian family, as "the stream that falls toward the south" or "long-crooked-river". The Lenape are an Algonquian-speaking Native American people who had communities ranging from coastal Connecticut through New York and Long Island, and further south into New Jersey and Delaware in the mid-Atlantic area. Their settlements in Pennsylvania included Con'esto'ga ("Roof-place" or "town", modern Washington Boro, Lancaster County ), also called Ka'ot'sch'ie'ra ("Place-crawfish", modern Chickisalunga, Lancaster County), or Gasch'guch'sa ("Great-fall-in-river", modern Conewago Falls , Lancaster County). They were called Minquas ("quite different"), or Sisa'we'hak'hanna'lenno'wak ("Oyster-river-people") by others. The Lenape also called

2975-542: The New York system. Today 200 bridges cross the Susquehanna. The Rockville Bridge , which crosses the river from Harrisburg to Marysville, Pennsylvania , is the longest stone masonry arch bridge in the world. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1902, replacing an earlier iron bridge. Two seasonal ferries operate across the Susquehanna. The Millersburg Ferry at Millersburg, Pennsylvania ,

3060-593: The North Branch flowing from the northwest at Northumberland. Downstream from the confluence of its branches in Northumberland , the river flows south past Selinsgrove , where it is joined by its Penns Creek tributary, and cuts through a water gap at the western end of Mahantongo Mountain. It receives the Juniata River from the northwest at Duncannon , then passes through its last water gap,

3145-641: The North Branch of the river. Smith and Cowdery said that they were visited on May 15, 1829, by the resurrected John the Baptist and given the Aaronic priesthood . Following his visit, Smith and Cowdery baptized each other in the river. Later that year, they said they were visited near the river by the apostles Peter , James and John . Both events took place in unspecified locations near the river's shore in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania . During

3230-591: The Scranton Diocese Association of Catholic Teachers, which had functioned in the diocese for 30 years. He replaced it with a diocesan association of teachers. The head of the teachers union described this new organization as a "company union". When the presidents of four Catholics universities and colleges in the diocese asked to meet with Martino, he demanded to see syllabi of all their courses on religion, faith and morals. The presidents refused this request, stating that their professors owned

3315-640: The Susquehanna River to start a socialist experiment. They made the marriages but Southey moved to Lisbon, Portugal , to visit an uncle, and they abandoned the plan to move to the United States. In 1833 John B. Jervis began a canal system to extend the Chenango River and connect the waters of the Susquehanna from Chenango Point to the Erie Canal , which ran through the Mohawk Valley of New York , ultimately connecting with Lake Erie through

3400-873: The Three Mile Island accident has not resulted in any harmful radiation effects. The areas in and along a 262-km length of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania were monitored for the presence of radioactive materials. This study began two months after the 1979 Three Mile Island (TMI) partial reactor meltdown; it spanned the next 25 years. Monitoring points included stations at the PPL Susquehanna and TMI nuclear power plants. Monthly gamma measurements documented concentrations of radionuclides from natural and anthropogenic sources. During this study, various series of gamma-emitting radionuclide concentration measurements were made in many general categories of animals, plants, and other inorganic matter, both within and near

3485-419: The United States gaining independence in the Revolutionary War, in 1790 Colonel Timothy Matlack , Samuel Maclay and John Adlum were commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to survey the headwaters of the Susquehanna river. They were to explore a route for a passage to connect the West Branch with the waters of the Allegheny River , which flowed to Pittsburgh and

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3570-413: The United States. With the passage of the US Bill of Rights in 1791, Catholics received full freedom of worship. In 1793, the French Catholic settlement of French Azilum was founded on the banks of the Susquehanna River near Standing Stone . It was meant as a refuge for French aristocrats fleeing persecution in the French Revolution and slave uprisings in the French colony of Saint-Domingue . In

3655-493: The West Branch at Northumberland. The origin of the official West Branch is near Elmora, Pennsylvania , in northern Cambria County near the contemporary junction of Mitchel Road and US Route 219 (locally Plank Road). It travels northeasterly through the towns of Northern Cambria , Cherry Tree , Burnside , Mahaffey and Curwensville (where the river is dammed to form a lake), into and through Clearfield , where it receives Clearfield Creek . The West Branch turns to

3740-471: The Wood Canal. In October 1836, water from the Susquehanna was connected to the Erie Canal at Utica, New York . Water travel was the main form of transportation during that era. The Erie Canal dramatically expanded trade between communities around the Great Lakes and markets in New York and Pennsylvania. With the expansion of construction of railroad lines, canal-transport became unprofitable, as it could not compete in speed or flexibility. Boats had to climb

3825-487: The abuse. The charges were later dismissed due to the statute of limitations. In early 2016, a grand jury investigation led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro began an inquiry into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in six Pennsylvania dioceses, including the Diocese of Scranton. In July 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the public release of a redacted copy of the grand jury report. In August 2018, Bishop Bambera stated that he would cooperate with

3910-434: The area Sisa'we'hak'hanna'unk ("Oyster-river-place"). Peoples of the mid-Atlantic Coast included coastal peoples who spoke Algonquian languages , such as the Lenape (whose bands spoke three dialects of Lenape), and Iroquoian languages -speaking peoples of the interior, such as the Eroni and the Five Nations of the Iroquois League , or Haudenosaunee , based largely in present-day New York and upper Pennsylvania around

3995-403: The brief decades before the Pennsylvania Canal System was eclipsed by the coming of age of steam -powered railways . While the railroad industry has been less prevalent since the closures and mergers of the 1950s–1960s, a wide-ranging rail transportation infrastructure still operates along the river's shores. Also called the Main Branch Susquehanna , the longer branch of the river rises at

4080-437: The corner of Mulberry Street and Wyoming Avenue for the high school. The Annex, formerly the Dr. Charles E. Thomson Scranton Private Hospital, was acquired by William Hafey in 1941. Although he had intended for it to be used by the university to expand its facilities, the Second World War in Europe had caused the college’s enrollment to decline precipitously and made such expansions unnecessary. After renovations were completed,

4165-494: The diocese closed Saint Pius X Seminary. In January 2007, Martino decided to close Bishop O'Reilly, Seton Catholic, Bishop Hafey, Bishop Hoban, Bishop O'Hara and Bishop Hannan high schools, along with several grade schools. In total he closed about 30 schools. In January 2009, Martino announced that, due to a priest shortage and diminishing financial resources, the Diocese of Scranton would either close or consolidate almost half of its 209 parishes . In 2008, Martino decertified

4250-403: The diocese is 8,487 square miles (21,980 km ). Unlike the other British colonies in America, the Province of Pennsylvania did not ban Catholics from the colony or threaten priests with imprisonment. However, the colony did require any Catholics seeking public office to take an oath declaring mass to be idolatrous and denying the presence of Christ in the eucharist. In 1784, a year after

4335-404: The diocese to assist O'Hara. Later in 1896, a schism erupted at Sacred Hearts Parish in the coal mining area of South Scranton. The English-speaking miners in the parish were suspicious of an influx of Polish immigrants into the mine fields, fearful that they would drive down wages. The Polish parishioners did not like how their German pastor ran the parish. In October 1896, 250 families left

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4420-468: The diocese. In 1842, John O'Reilly opened the first Catholic college in the region at St. Joseph's Parish in Susquehanna County . Over its 22 years of its existence, the college educated two bishops and over 20 priests. Destroyed by fire in 1864, the college was never rebuilt. In the 1940s, the diocese opened the South Scranton Catholic High School , later named+- Bishop Klonowski High School. The school closed in 1982. Bishop Martino in 2007 closed all

4505-430: The eighth bishop of the diocese. Timlin was the first native of Scranton to become its bishop. During his tenure, Timlin held the Second Diocesan Synod, established the Bishop's Annual Appeal and presided over a major restructuring of parishes as a result of the priest shortage . He introduced a new policy for Catholic schools consisting of regional mergers, construction of modern facilities, new fundraising efforts and

4590-416: The end of the American Revolution, Pope Pius VI erected the Apostolic Prefecture of United States of America , including all of the new United States. In 1787, James Pellentz traveled from Baltimore up the Susquehanna River into northeast Pennsylvania to minister to the Catholics scattered throughout the region. In 1789, Pius VI converted the prefecture to the Diocese of Baltimore ., covering all of

4675-547: The evacuation of thousands of residents. In September 2011 the Susquehanna River and its communities were hit by Tropical Storm Lee , which caused the worst flooding since Agnes in 1972. The Susquehanna River is important in the transportation history of the United States . Before the Port Deposit Bridge opened in 1818, the river formed a barrier between the northern and southern states, as it could be crossed only by ferry . The earliest dams were constructed to support ferry operations in low water. The presence of many rapids in

4760-399: The excessive pollution it receives. Most of the pollution in the river is caused by excess animal manure from farming , agricultural runoff , urban and suburban stormwater runoff , and raw or inadequately treated sewage . In 2003 the river contributed 50% of the freshwater, 44% of the nitrogen , 21% of the phosphorus , and 21% of the sediment flowing into the Chesapeake Bay . It

4845-433: The former vicar general of the diocese, was arrested in April 2014 on charges of indecent assault, criminal attempt - indecent assault and corruption of minors. His accuser said that she was age 13 in 1998 when Altavilla started groping her legs on a ride home. After Altavilla's arrest, diocese immediately removed him from ministry. In a phone call between the woman and Altavilla in 2014, monitored by police, he admitted to

4930-404: The girl. Bambera himself had served as the vicar for priests for the diocese from 1995 to 1998, and he admitted helping Timlin reassign a priest who had abused a minor, although the decision was made by Timlin. Bambera emphasized that since becoming bishop in 2010, he has pursued a zero-tolerance policy toward clerical abuse. In August 2018, King's College in Wilkes-Barre announced that it

5015-433: The hardest-hit communities and the capital Harrisburg was flooded. The Chesapeake Bay received so much fresh water that it altered the ecosystem, killing much of the marine life that depended on saltwater. The Mid-Atlantic Flood of June 2006 , caused by a stalled jet stream-driven storm system, affected portions of the river system. The worst affected area was Binghamton, New York , where record-setting flood levels forced

5100-456: The high school was opened in 1944 for young Catholic men. The Annex served as the high school’s home until 1961 when the construction of an expressway necessitated a move to a new location. After making the Old Main Building of the University of Scranton its temporary home for two years, Prep moved to its permanent location, the former Women’s Institute Building of the International Correspondence Schools, at 1000 Wyoming Avenue. Although founded as

5185-551: The high schools in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, replacing them with two regional schools: In 2010, Bishop Bambera announced the closure of four elementary school sites. As of 2012, the diocese operated six early childhood centers, sixteen elementary schools and four high schools Scranton Preparatory School – Scranton (Society of Jesus) In August 1968, a Hazelton police office wrote to Bishop McCormick about Reverend Robert N. Caparelli, then assistant pastor at Most Precious Blood Parish in Hazelton. The officer wrote that

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5270-468: The industrial age progressed, bridges replaced ferries , and railroads replaced canals. The railroads were often constructed on top of the canal right-of-way along the river. Many canal remnants can be seen; for example, in Havre de Grace, Maryland , along US Route 15 in Pennsylvania, and in upstate New York at various locations. These latter remnants are parts of the upstream divisions of the Pennsylvania Canal , of privately funded canals, and of canals in

5355-410: The introduction to his historical novel The Pioneers (1823). At Athens, Pennsylvania , then known as Tioga or "Tioga Point", Clinton met with General John Sullivan and his forces, who had marched from Easton, Pennsylvania . Together on August 29, they defeated the Tories and warriors of allied Iroquois bands at the Battle of Newtown (near present-day Elmira, New York ). This was part of what

5440-454: The investigation and publish the list of "credibly accused clergy". The grand jury report later that month showed 59 clergy from the diocese with credible accusation of sexual abuse of children. On August 31, 2018, Bambera forbade Timlin from representing the diocese in public, given Timlin's failure to protect children from abusers. The 2018 grand jury report had criticized Timlin's handling of sexual abuse allegations against Thomas Skotek,

5525-446: The late 1790s, most of the residents either moved back to France or settled elsewhere in the United States. In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Philadelphia , covering all of Pennsylvania. Northeastern Pennsylvania would remain part of this new diocese for the next 60 years. The first Catholic settlers in northeastern Pennsylvania were mainly of Irish and German descent. The earliest permanent Catholic settlements in

5610-442: The line again through the twin towns of Waverly, New York , and Sayre, Pennsylvania , and their large right bank railyard, once briefly holding the largest structure in the United States devoted to the maintenance and construction of railroad locomotives. A couple of miles south, in Athens Township, Pennsylvania , it receives the Chemung from the northwest. It makes a right-angle curve between Sayre and Towanda to cut through

5695-403: The main stem of the Susquehanna as impaired ." The Susquehanna River has attracted boaters who watch or fish for its migratory species. Many tourists and local residents use the Susquehanna in the summer for recreation purposes such as kayaking, canoeing, and motor-boating. Due to the high volume of smallmouth bass in the river, it is the host of numerous bass fishing tournaments each year and

5780-463: The mountains to the markets downriver. In 1779 during the American Revolutionary War , General James Clinton led an expedition down the Susquehanna from its headwaters. His party had made the upper portion navigable by damming the river's source at Otsego Lake , allowing the lake's level to rise, and then destroying the dam and flooding the river in order for his flotilla to travel for miles downstream. James Fenimore Cooper described this event in

5865-406: The northeast. It crosses into northern Maryland approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Baltimore and is joined by Octoraro Creek from the northeast and Deer Creek from the northwest. The river enters the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace . Concord Point Light was built here in 1827 to accommodate the increasing navigational traffic. "Susquehanna" may come from

5950-421: The number of buildings, and increased the number of priests and religious . He died in 1954 after 18 years in office. Monsignor Jerome Hannan of the Diocese of Pittsburgh became the next bishop of Scranton, named by Pope Pius XII in 1954. During his tenure, Hannan oversaw the construction of the chancery building and in 1962 Saint Pius X Seminary in Dalton . Hannan died in 1965. His replacement as bishop

6035-472: The outlet of Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, New York . From there, the north branch of the river runs west-southwest through rural farmland and dairy country, receiving the Unadilla River at Sidney . It dips south into Pennsylvania briefly to turn sharply 90 degrees west at Susquehanna and again 90 degrees north at Great Bend hooking back into New York . It receives the Chenango in downtown Binghamton . After meandering westwards, it turns south crossing

6120-501: The parish, built a new church and requested recognition from the diocese for St. Stanislaus as a new parish. Hoban refused to give it. In March 1887, Frances Hodur , a Polish priest became the pastor of St. Stanislaus; Hoban suspended him the next week. In September 1898, Hodur submitted a compromise proposal to Hoban, which he rejected. Hodur then traveled to Rome to appeal his case, but was rejected. In October 1898, Hoban excommunicated Hodur. He and his congregation eventually set up

6205-566: The powerful Five Nations of the Iroquois League based in present-day New York, who wanted to control the fur trade with Europeans. The Susquehannock assimilated with the Iroquois. In the aftermath, the Iroquois resettled some of the semi-tributary Lenape in this area, as it was near the western boundary of the Lenape's former territory, known as Lenapehoking . The Susquehanna River has continued to play an important role throughout

6290-434: The region were founded at Friendsville in 1819 and Silver Lake in 1813. Catholic residents of these settlements, along with others in the region, occasionally saw priests sent from the Diocese of Philadelphia. In 1825, Bishop Francis Kenrick sent John O'Flynn to the region to serve as its first resident pastor. He was responsible for Catholic resident in thirteen counties in northeastern Pennsylvania and five counties in

6375-428: The region. He took up his residence at Silver Lake. St. Mary's church, finished in 1842, was the first Catholic church in Wilkes-Barre. The first one in Scranton was built in 1852 on the site of the present day Church of Nativity. In Williamsport, a German group erected the first Catholic church, St. Boniface, in 1855. The Diocese of Scranton was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX , taking its territory from

6460-538: The river at several locations in Cumberland and York counties. In 1972 the remnants of Hurricane Agnes stalled over the New York-Pennsylvania border, dropping as much as 20 inches (510 mm) of rain on the hilly lands. Much of that precipitation was received into the Susquehanna from its western tributaries, and the valley suffered disastrous flooding. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania , was among

6545-640: The river meant that while commercial traffic could navigate down the river in the high waters of the spring thaws, nothing could move up. The Susquehanna was improved by navigations throughout the 1820s and 1830s as the Pennsylvania Canal . Together with facilities of the Allegheny Portage Railroad , loaded barges were transferred from the canal and hoisted across the mountain ridge into the Pittsburgh area with access to

6630-418: The river. Sampling began in 1979 before the first start-up of the PPL Susquehanna power plant. Although all species were not continuously monitored for the entire period, an extensive database was compiled. In May 1986, ongoing measurements from several monitoring stations along the river near Three Mile Island, Peach Bottom and Calvert Cliffs detected iodine-131 beta particles attributable to fallout from

6715-629: The southeast and passes Karthaus (at Mosquito Creek), Keating (at Sinnemahoning Creek), Renovo and Lock Haven , where it receives Bald Eagle Creek . At Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Pine Creek, the largest tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, is received. Pine Creek has the largest watershed of all the West Branch’s tributaries. It passes Williamsport , where both Lycoming Creek and Loyalsock Creek empty into it, then turns south, passing Lewisburg , before joining

6800-494: The syllabi. According to a report in National Catholic Reporter , the apostolic nunicio to the United States received numerous complaints about Martino's management style, his lack of consultation with others and his remoteness. Martino retired early in 2009. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Monsignor Joseph C. Bambera the tenth bishop of Scranton. As of 2024, Bambera is the current bishop of

6885-610: Was Bishop J. Carroll McCormick from the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown , named by Pope Paul VI in 1966. McCormick retired in 1983. Pope John Paul II then named Auxiliary Bishop John O'Connor from the Military Vicariate for the United States as the next bishop of Scranton. However, O'Connor served less than a year before being elevated to archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1984. In 1984, John Paul II appointed Auxiliary Bishop James Timlin of Scranton as

6970-509: Was charged in 1991 with the sexual assault in 1985 of a 16 year old boy in 1985. He pleaded guilty in December 1991 and was sentenced to two to five years in prison. That same month, the 1985 victim sued the diocese. In 1993, Bishop Timlin sent a letter to the court asking it to transfer Caparelli to a Catholic treatment facility. Caparelli died in 1994. More of his victims contacted the diocese in later years. Monsignor Philip A. Altavilla,

7055-488: Was designated as one of the American Heritage Rivers in 1997. The designation provides for technical assistance from federal agencies to state and local governments working in the Susquehanna watershed. Another environmental concern is radioactivity released during the 1979 Three Mile Island accident . However, extensive radionuclide studies over a 25-year period from 1979 through 2003, confirm that

7140-507: Was known as the "Sullivan-Clinton Campaign" or the " Sullivan Expedition ". They swept through western New York, dominated by the Seneca people , destroying more than 40 Seneca villages, as well as the stores of crops the people had set aside for winter. Many of the Iroquois left New York and went to Canada as refugees; casualties from exposure and starvation were high that winter. Following

7225-456: Was removing McCormick's name from the chapel and campus ministry. That same month, the University of Scranton removed McCormick and Timlin's names from its facilities. Timlin, Bambera and the Diocese of Scranton were sued in July 2020 by three men claiming sexual abuse when they were minors by diocese priests. Two plaintiffs alleged abuse by Michael J. Pulicare, a priest in Lackawanna County in

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