PENNSYLVANIA
The Intelligencer
By Kimberly Flanders Staff Writer
Two priests with ties to Bucks County are among five stripped of their ministry following an investigation of child abuse and a 2011 grand jury investigation, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Sunday.
Another was put on administrative leave, after several allegations of sex abuse of a minor more than 30 years ago, the archdiocese said.
The Rev. Mark E. Fernandes, previously of St. Agnes Parish in Sellersville, and the Rev. Peter J. Talocci, previously of Saint Frances Cabrini in Fairless Hills and Saint Thomas Aquinas in Bristol Township, are not suitable for ministry, the archdiocese stated in a press release.
Talocci, 54, had been accused of sexually abusing a minor, but a diocese review board said it could not substantiate the allegations. It did, however, find that he violated the “standards of ministerial behavior and boundaries.”
Fernandes, 40, was accused of violating church standards, and the diocese said the allegation was substantiated although no details were released.
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