PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
CAROLYN DAVIS AND SARAH SMITH, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
POSTED: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput placed a priest on administrative leave after an accusation was made this month that he sexually abused a child more than 40 years ago, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Sunday.
The Rev. James J. Collins, 74, retired earlier this year from a faculty position at Holy Family University in Northeast Philadelphia, where he had served since 1976. The school’s website still lists him as a professor of religious studies with an expertise in Eastern Christian studies.
Collins served at numerous parishes, schools and offices in Philadelphia since being ordained in 1964, including at Roman Catholic School for Boys, Our Lady of Pompeii, and Cardinal Dougherty High School, said a statement released Sunday by the archdiocese announcing Chaput’s decision.
About 40 years ago, the statement said, Collins was working at Roman Catholic High School for Boys.
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