OWENSBORO (KY)
KPR TV
March 2, 2019
By Lisa Autry
The Catholic Diocese of Owensboro has temporarily suspended a priest while he’s being investigated on child sexual abuse allegations.
Fr. Joseph Edward Bradley was suspended as the volunteer chaplain at Owensboro Catholic High School after a complaint was received on Tuesday. The allegation refers to sexual abuse by Fr. Bradley in the 1980s while he was principal at Owensboro Catholic High School.
A statement from the diocese says the allegation was immediately reported to the local Commonwealth Attorney’s Office and the Diocesan Review Board which removed Fr. Bradley from his volunteer role until the investigation is complete.
Fr. Bradley, who was ordained a priest of the diocese in 1975, became a staff member at Owensboro Catholic High School in 1976 and served as principal from 1980-1985. He pastored five parishes in the Diocese of Owensboro before retiring from public ministry in 2011. That’s when he began his role as volunteer chaplain at Owensboro Catholic High School.
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