Joseph Victor Adamec

Joseph Victor Adamec (August 13, 1935 – March 20, 2019)[1] was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2011.

[2] On March 1, 2016, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane implied that as bishop, Adamec led a major cover-up scandal involving the sexual assault of hundreds of children by Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown priests.

[4] He attended Michigan State University from 1953 to 1955,[4] and studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical Nepomucene College in Rome.

In 1980 he received the "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" medal which recognized service to the Catholic Church and pope.

Adamec also served as the national president of the Slovak Catholic Federation, a position he was elected to in 1971 and held for seventeen years.