PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Tribune-Review
By The Associated Press
Saturday, September 10, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Archdiocese announced the defrocking of two more priests -- including a former dean at the archdiocesan seminary -- who were accused of sexually abusing children.
Neither man is expected to face criminal charges, given Pennsylvania's time limits for prosecuting sex crimes.
The Vatican recently defrocked Raymond Leneweaver and John J. Delli Carpini over credible allegations of abuse, the archdiocese announced in a notice inside its weekly newspaper on Thursday. Eleven former priests in the archdiocese have now been defrocked, spokeswoman Donna Farrell said.
Leneweaver went on to teach public school children after apparently leaving the church in 1980, news that disturbs a clergy-abuse survivor.