SYRACUSE (NY)
Syracuse.com
February 4, 2020
By Patrick Lohmann
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse has reinstated a priest who was accused of sexually abusing a boy in the early 1980s.
Rev. Paul Angelicchio went on voluntary leave in November while a diocese review board investigated the person’s allegation of abuse.
The review ruled it could not substantiate the allegation, the diocese said in a news release this weekend:
“Based on the information available at this time and the refusal of the complainant to cooperate in an independent investigation, the Diocesan Review Board was unable to substantiate the allegation. Bishop (Douglas) Lucia has accepted the Board’s findings.”
Angelicchio was restored to his position as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Rome on Saturday, according to the diocese.
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