NORTH CAROLINA
Winston-Salem Journal
LEXINGTON — Father Albert Gondek, a priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, is now on administrative leave after allegations of sexually abusing minors on church property, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.
The church says Gondek is being investigated after a 23-year-old man recently claimed that the priest touched him in a sexually inappropriate way when he was 18.
David Hains, director of communications for the Charlotte diocese, says the man also claimed that this happened with minors who haven’t come forward.
Hains says the church is removing Gondek as pastor until the investigation is over.
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