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.