The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Tuesday that it had placed 21 priests on administrative leave from active ministry in connection with credible charges that they had sexually abused minors.
Church officials, including Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia, have spent the last few days informing the priests of their status after an initial review of their cases by Gina Smith, an outside lawyer hired by the church to re-examine their cases in light of the grand jury report.
announcement Tuesday was a major embarrassment for Cardinal Rigali, who, in response to the grand jury report, had initially said that there were no priests in active ministry “who have an admitted or established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against them.”
Earlier postings on the Philadelphia Archdiocese: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/03/philadelphia-archdiocese-faces-new.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/02/philadelphia-archdiocese-puts-pastor.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/02/37-philadelphia-area-catholic-priests.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/02/archdiocese-of-philadelphiagrand-jury.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/02/statement-of-cardinal-justin-rigali.html
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