MINNESOTA
Valley News Live
Updated: Nov 04, 2013
(KARE 11) ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced late Sunday that two priests have decided to take leaves of absence for “prior misconduct.” The priests are the Rev. David Barrett, assistant pastor at the Church of St. Wenceslaus in New Prague, and the Rev. Paul Moudry, pastor of St. Margaret Mary in Golden Valley.
In separate statements posted to its website late Sunday, the archdiocese said the priests volunteered to take leaves of absence. The archdiocese did not explain why both priests reached this decision at the same time.
In the statement regarding Barrett, the archdiocese said, “The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis announced today that after careful discernment and much prayer in conjunction with the Archdiocese, Father David Barrett has chosen to take a voluntary leave of absence. His decision is as a result of prior misconduct which occurred many years ago and did not involve members of any parish in which Fr. Barrett has served. This misconduct did not involve a violation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.”
Barrett “has been under supervision by pastoral leadership and others at the Archdiocese and has undergone counseling during his current and prior assignments,” the statement said.
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