WORCESTER (MA)
Telegram & Gazette
By Bronislaus B. Kush TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
bkush@telegram.com
WORCESTER — The Rev. Charles M. Abdelahad — the longtime pastor of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, who was convicted in May of physically assaulting a female parishioner during counseling sessions — will complete his jail sentence at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction on Tuesday.
But his church superiors remain tight-lipped about whether he will be able to resume his ministry in Worcester or elsewhere.
“No decision has been made,” said Bishop Nicholas Ozone, a spokesman for the Most Rev. Philip Saliba, the metropolitan of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
Bishop Nicholas said he had little information to share, adding only that Rev. Abdelahad’s future will be determined “in a while.”
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