SPRINGFIELD (IL)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release Monday, May 6, 2013
For more information, please contact SNAP Leader Melanie Sakoda at:
925-708-6175
melanie.sakoda@gmail.com
Priest accused of sexual misdeeds is reassigned
He was ousted from Champaign church in 2007
Now, cleric pastors congregation in Springfield
SNAP to church officials: “Be upfront with his flock”
A Greek Orthodox priest from Champaign who was suspended from the priesthood now works at a Springfield church.
Rev. George Pyle (formerly of Three Hierarchs Church in Champaign, IL) is now the priest at St. Anthony Hellenic (Greek) Orthodox Church in Springfield.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, recently learned that Metropolitan Iakovos Garmatis assigned Father George Pyle to Saint Anthony’s in February. The group wants church officials to disclose all information.
“We beg the metropolitan to give Springfield parishioners a complete and candid history of the allegations that were made against Rev. Pyle, including information about his treatment at Saint Luke Institute in Maryland,” said Melanie Sakoda of SNAP. Saint Luke is a Catholic facility which specializes in treating abusive clergy.
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