YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - In the wake of the Minneapolis church shooting this week, the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown is creating a task force.
The task force comes at the request of the bishop, but it's chaired by both school and parish leaders. They want to do everything they can to address any safety issues.
"Your first feeling is just, here we go again," said Superintendent of Schools Teven Jones.
After Wednesday's shooting in Minneapolis, the diocese wanted to do everything it could to avoid that feeling again in the future. Bishop David Bonnar announced a safety and security Task Force to address schools and churches in the diocese. But leaders say it isn't just because of this one incident.
"We've been taking a pretty serious look at school safety over the last couple of years,