PENNSYLVANIA
The Morning Call
By Pamela Lehman and Matt Assad, Of The Morning Call
11:16 p.m. EDT, March 12, 2012
A Catholic priest recently removed from his Berks County parish after acknowledging an inappropriate relationship with a woman is under investigation in Northampton County for possible criminal conduct with her when she was 17.
Investigators are trying to determine whether the Rev. Cletus Onyegbule used his position of authority at his former parish, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Bethlehem Township, to groom the girl for a sexual relationship with him, District Attorney John Morganelli said.
According to a source close to the investigation, a day after the girl’s 18th birthday in February 2006, she consented to sex with Onyegbule while in the rectory office at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
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