OKLAHOMA CITY (OK)
Associated Press
Dec. 16, 2019
By Ken Miller
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City said Monday it has substantiated an allegation of child sexual abuse against another priest.
The archdiocese said in a news release that Father Papa-Rao Pasala admitted to “inappropriate though not-yet criminal advances” with a 17-year-old in 2001 when he was assigned to a church in Edmond for one month before returning to his native India.
The archdiocese said it notified the Diocese of Baker in Oregon, where Pasala was serving as pastor and that the Oregon diocese removed him from the ministry on Dec. 6. Oklahoma City archdiocese spokeswoman Diane Clay said Pasala has returned to India for disciplinary action by the Diocese of Nellore and had no way of contacting him for comment.
The Diocese of Baker said in a news release that Pasala “will no longer be allowed to minister in the United States.”
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