MINNESOTA
CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities priest has been removed from active ministry after the Archdiocese received credible allegations of sexual abuse.
Rev. Gerald Dvorak was removed from ministry at Saint Peter’s in Richfield, where he most recently practiced, after allegations surfaced that he sexually abused a minor in the 1970s. The Archdiocese said Tuesday that local law enforcement has been notified of the case. Dvorak had also been an administrator at Blessed Trinity Catholic School in Richfield from 2011-14.
“Rev. Dvorak is on a leave of absence and will not exercise priestly ministry during this investigation,” Archbishop John Nienstedt said Tuesday in a statement. “We are in the process of notifying the previous parishes where he was assigned. Rev. Dvorak has never had any other allegations against him during his ministry.
Dvorak has been in active ministry since 1978. He denied the allegations in statement released Tuesday.
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