PENNSYLVANIA
National Catholic Reporter
Matthew Gambino
Catholic News Service
Oct. 27, 2014
PHILADELPHIA
Fr. Mark J. Haynes, 55, a Philadelphia archdiocesan priest and parochial vicar at a West Chester parish, was placed on administrative leave immediately after he was charged with six counts of possessing and disseminating child pornography.
Chester County police arrested Haynes, who had been at SS. Simon and Jude Parish in West Chester since 2013, on Oct. 22.
The Philadelphia archdiocese called the charges “serious and disturbing” in a statement Friday. Besides being placed on leave, Haynes no longer lives at the parish rectory.
The statement said no allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have ever been lodged against the priest, and there were no prior indications he was involved with child pornography.
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