CALIFORNIA
Modesto Bee
Bee Staff Reports
A priest in residence at Modesto’s Holy Family Catholic Church has been placed on administrative leave due to allegations of inappropriate conduct with a minor occurring years ago.
In a statement released Friday, the Most Rev. Stephen Blaire, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Stockton, said the allegations against Father Editho Mascardo have been reported to the Stockton Police Department.
No further information about the accusation, including the age and gender of the minor or when and where the alleged conduct might have taken place, was released.
Mascardo, also a chaplain for Stanislaus County, had served previously as an associate pastor at St. Anthony’s Church in Hughson from 2006 to 2011. He also served as parochial vicar at St. Patrick’s Church in Sonora, where in 2013, he celebrated the 30th anniversary of his ordination, according to a church bulletin.
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