ALLENTOWN (PA)
Saucon Source
September 1, 2018
By Josh Popichak
A Catholic priest who was defrocked three years ago allegedly sexually abused a 14-year-old girl while he was employed at a Fountain Hill parish in the 1980s, according to victim testimony contained in the 1356-page grand jury report about Pennsylvania’s “predator priests” issued by Attorney General Josh Shapiro last month.
James Gaffney, who today is in his early 60s, was ordained a priest on June 8, 1985, and around the same time began working as Assistant Pastor at St. Ursula’s, which is in the Diocese of Allentown.
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