PHILADELPHIA (PA)
WTOV
By NEWS9
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—
Authorities have officially re-opened a 2007 fondling complaint against Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, who at the time was a priest who taught at a suburban Philadelphia high school back in the 1970’s.
The development comes after trial testimony in a Philadelphia priest-abuse case. A trial witness testified that a priest who abused him told him that Bishop Michael Bransfield was sexually involved with a young teen. The witness said he was raped by the priest at Bransfield’s beach house.
Bransfield has said he wasn’t home at the time. He denies ever abusing anyone.
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