PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Daily News

RONNIE POLANECZKY, DAILY NEWS COLUMNIST
POSTED: Sunday, November 2, 2014

THE BANISHMENT of the Rev. Thomas Chang Soo Cho back to South Korea is meant to heal a Catholic community divided by gossip and fear.

But it can’t happen unless those in Cho’s community summon the will to behave like the Christians their faith calls them to be.

Everyone was excited when Cho arrived in August 2013 from Seoul, South Korea, for a five-year stint as pastor of St. Augustine Lee Kwang Heon Catholic Community.

Part of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, the 250-member community holds services in the basement of Holy Cross Church in Springfield, Delaware County. It also rents the rectory, where Cho lives, which is attached to a big community room.

Cho replaced a pastor who was beloved, but left some members hungry for more spirituality.

So they were delighted when Cho, 60,…