EULESS (TX)
KRIS
EULESS, Texas The senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church in the Fort Worth suburb of Euless has been suspended for 90 days.
That's after the Reverend James Leonard Finley was accused of fondling a man.
The 68-year-old minister was suspended yesterday by Bishop Ben R. Chamness, who oversees more than 300 churches as part of the Central Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church.
A conference spokeswoman says Finley's been relieved of all pastoral duties and that the 14-hundred-member church will be headed by a retired minister.
Posted by kshaw at December 7, 2005 08:26 AM