OKLAHOMA CITY (OK)
The Oklahoman
Dec. 16, 2019
By Randy Ellis
A priest from India who served briefly in Oklahoma City in 2001 as been added to the list of priests who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse, the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced Monday.
Father Papa-Rao Pasala’s name has been added to the list of credibly accused priests, the local archdiocese announced Monday in a news release.
The archdiocese previously identified 11 other credibly accused priests in a report released last October.
Father Pasala, who served in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City for a month in 2001, was sent back to India in December of that year after he admitted to what was described at the time as
Father Pasala’s bishop in Nellore, India, was informed of the reason he was sent home at the time the action was taken, the Oklahoma City archdiocese said.
The allegation against Father Pasala resurfaced recently as Oklahoma City’s McAfee & Taft law firm has continued to review files of child abuse allegations against priests within the archdiocese dating back to 1960, the news release said. The McAfee & Taft law firm prepared the previous 77-page report that identified 11 priests as having been credibly accused.
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