MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 04/17/2014
A priest who took a voluntary leave of absence in November for past sexual misconduct not involving children has returned to his New Prague churches.
A written statement on the website of the New Prague Area Catholic Community said the Rev. David Barrett returned to public ministry over the weekend.
Barrett, 49, did not immediately return a call and an email seeking comment Thursday.
The website statement quoted him as saying his past behaviors included “angry outbursts, inappropriate staring at women, and inappropriate sexual misconduct with non-parishioner adult females, which was over a decade ago.
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