Priest Investigated For Alleged Abuse In 1970s

MARYLAND
WBAL

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Robert Lang and Associated Press

Police are investigating an allegation that a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused a student while he was teaching at Baltimore’s Archbishop Curley High School in the 1970s.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore says it’s cooperating with the investigation of the Rev. Michael Kolodziej , a Franciscan Friar who taught at Curley from 1975 to 1979. Kolodziej is 69 years old and most recently served as vicar of a parish in Jonesboro, Ga. He has been suspended from public ministry.

The archdiocese said in a statement Thursday that a former student has alleged that Kolodziej abused him on several occasions while they were wrestling.

Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.