Priest Accused of Sexual Misconduct Suspended, TheBostonChannel, July 25, 2009

Priest Accused of Sexual Misconduct Suspended

TheBostonChannel
July 25, 2009

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/20176551/detail.html

BOSTON — A Brazilian priest who was working at a Catholic church in Cambridge was suspended by church authorities on Saturday following allegations of adult sexual misconduct, according to the Archdiocese of Boston.

The Rev. Pedro Jose Damazio, of Santa Catarina, Brazil, was barred from performing any public ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston after church authorities received the allegations against him, according to a statement from the archdiocese. Officials did not describe the accusations against Damazio.

Damazio had been serving as the parochial vicar of St. Anthony of Padua church in Cambridge and was active in the local Brazilian community. He is a priest of the Diocese of Tubarão in Brazil.