Auditor general to probe bureau handling child-abuse appeals

Calling it a “shadow justice system,” Pennsylvania’s auditor general said Thursday that his office will investigate a bureau within the state Department of Human Services tasked with hearing child-abuse appeals and cases involving 280 other issues.Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals serves as an administrative court for appeals by those accused of child abuse by Children and Youth Services caseworkers from [...]