NORTH CAROLINA
The Dispatch
By Steve Harrison
The Charlotte Observer (TNS)
Published: Sunday, December 20, 2015
A pastor of the Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Lexington has been placed on administrative leave after an allegation that he sexually abused minors about five years ago.
The Rev. Albert J. Gondek will not publicly celebrate Mass or exercise ministry during the investigation, according to a news release from the Diocese of Charlotte.
The diocese said a man who is incarcerated said that Gondek “touched him in a sexually inappropriate way” about five years ago, when the man was 18. The man said that the same contact had also occurred with minors.
The news release said the diocese would work with local law enforcement during the investigation.
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