Philadelphia, Pa., Jul 7, 2012 / 15:35 pm
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced the resolution of six cases involving priests who were placed on leave following a grand jury report on sex abuse allegations, removing two of them from ministry permanently.
"In making these decisions I relied on the counsel of numerous experts," Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said in a July 6 statement.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that four priests have been found "suitable for ministry" after an investigative process by 20 specialists in child abuse, while two priests were deemed "unsuitable for ministry."
In the cases of the two priests who were found "unsuitable," neither of them involved allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, but were the result of them violating the archdiocese's "Standards of Ministerial Behavior and Boundaries."