PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Daily News
BY PHILLIP LUCAS
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Staff Writer
A 56-YEAR-OLD PRIEST who was preparing to return to ministry after being cleared in a child-sex-abuse investigation has been placed on administrative leave for a second time as the Archdiocese of Philadelphia investigates new allegations against him.
Michael Chapman, who has served for 11 years at Ascension of Our Lord, on Westmoreland Street near G, in Kensington, spent about a year on administrative leave before being cleared to return to ministry in May.
However, the Archdiocese received a second child-sex-abuse complaint against him the same month, reported the allegation to police and delayed his return to ministry, according to Donna Farrell, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Officials did not elaborate on the nature of the allegations against Chapman.
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