Vatican removes another Seattle priest from ministry
Seattle, Washington --
The Seattle archdiocese of the Catholic church has restricted a priest accused of child sexual abuse.
The church says the Vatican confirmed the decision to restrict 72-year-old James Gandrau from the exercise of priestly ministry. Details of the allegations weren’t made public.
Gandrau served in five parishes in the Seattle area and Vancouver from 1958 to 2002, when he retired. He was editor of the Catholic Northwest Progress, the church newspaper for Western Washington Catholics, from 1960 to 1977.
The archdiocese says Gandrau is its fifth priest to be permanently removed from the ministry by the Vatican because of child sex abuse accusations.
Read the article at NWCN.com Dated July 12, 2005
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The Seattle archdiocese of the Catholic church has restricted a priest accused of child sexual abuse.
The church says the Vatican confirmed the decision to restrict 72-year-old James Gandrau from the exercise of priestly ministry. Details of the allegations weren’t made public.
Gandrau served in five parishes in the Seattle area and Vancouver from 1958 to 2002, when he retired. He was editor of the Catholic Northwest Progress, the church newspaper for Western Washington Catholics, from 1960 to 1977.
The archdiocese says Gandrau is its fifth priest to be permanently removed from the ministry by the Vatican because of child sex abuse accusations.
Read the article at NWCN.com Dated July 12, 2005
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