WILMINGTON (DE)
Salisbury Daily Times
July 25, 2019
By Rose Velazquez
A pastor accused in March of sexual misconduct with a teenager in Delaware nearly 40 years ago has been removed from ministry.
A Thursday statement from the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington shows Rev. William J. Porter, 71, has been pastor at Holy Name of Jesus in Pocomoke City, Maryland, since 2003.
The diocese said he was accused March 1 of sexual misconduct 38 years ago at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in New Castle.
Porter’s accuser was a teenager at the time the allegations occurred, according to the statement. After the diocese notified Delaware State Police and the Delaware Attorney General’s Office, police launched an investigation.
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