PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Inquirer
CHRIS PALMER, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
LAST UPDATED: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
A Bucks County priest was placed on administrative leave last month after it was discovered that a trove of pornographic images he had downloaded in 2005 included up to a dozen photos of minors, the Archdiocese said in a statement Tuesday.
The Rev. Louis J. Kolenkiewicz, 47, most recently of St. Bede the Venerable Parish, in Holland, had been disciplined in both 2005 and 2011 for downloading pornography, said Archdiocese spokesman Ken Gavin.
But recently, Gavin said, after learning that Kolenkiewicz had returned to active ministry, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office – which had investigated the previous cases but declined to press charges – told the Archdiocese that among the 12,000 images Kolenkiewicz downloaded in 2005, up to 12 may have depicted juveniles.
The Archdiocese had announced in February that Kolenkiewicz had been placed on leave but did not specify why.
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