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31 December 2017

Priest on Leave for Child Sex Abuse Allegations Returns to “Ecstatic” Welcome

A Roman Catholic priest who was accused of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old boy returned from leave after an internal church investigation, and he received a hero’s welcome. Rev. Patrick Sullivan, a Minnesota priest who went on leave for 20 months, came back to the pulpit just in time to celebrate Christmas. The local diocese posted a statement cheering Sullivan’s return, emphasizing that its clergy abuse review panel decided the boy who accused him was “not credible.”

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/12/28/priest-on-leave-for-child-sex-abuse-allegations-returns-to-ecstatic-welcome/