NEW MEXICO
Gallup Independent

Published in the Gallup Independent, Gallup, NM, Dec. 16, 2013

By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Independent correspondent
religion@gallupindependent.com

GALLUP – A Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who worked in the Diocese of Gallup for several years has been found “unsuitable for ministry” after a lengthy investigation, the Philadelphia Archdiocese announced Sunday.

The Rev. Stephen B. Perzan, aka Stephan Perzan, was one of seven priests placed on administrative leave by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput in March 2011, following a grand jury report.

The archdiocese announced that Chaput has decided two of the seven priests are suitable for ministry, one priest is unsuitable because of a substantiated allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, and four priests, including Perzan, are unsuitable because of substantiated violations of the Standards of Ministerial Behaviors and Boundaries.

The Official Catholic Directory lists Perzan as serving in the Gallup Diocese…