September 01, 2005

Official: Local associate pastor removed from duties after misconduct allegation

TEXAS
The Dallas Morning News

08:17 AM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005

The Rev. Daniel A. Triulzi of Denton, a member of the Catholic Society of Mary and an associate pastor of St. Mark Catholic Church in Denton, has been removed from his duties at the church after a recent allegation of sexual misconduct that reportedly happened in the mid-1990s in St. Louis, according to a press release issued Wednesday from the Marianist Province of the United States.

Triulzi may not function publicly as a priest, pending the outcome of the investigation of this misconduct allegation, the press release said.

Triulzi could not be reached for comment Wednesday, nor could officials of the Fort Worth Catholic Diocese.

The allegation was made by an unnamed graduate of Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis. Triulzi taught at Chaminade from 1995 to 2001.

The Rev. Stephen Glodek, provincial of the Marianist Province of the United States, said in the news release that the action was taken in accordance with the province’s sexual misconduct policy.

According to the province’s records, there has never been a previous allegation of sexual misconduct against Triulzi, Glodek said in the release.

Triulzi also taught at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth from the fall of 1983 through the spring of 1987.

Posted by kshaw at September 1, 2005 05:18 PM