MOBILE (AL)
Al.com
12/8/2005, 11:49 a.m. CT
The Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Timothy Wayne Evans, has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of sexual and substance abuse involving minors, Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb said in a statement Thursday.
The Mobile County district attorney has been notified of the allegations.
Lipscomb placed Evans on leave Monday after interviewing him. No further details were released. Evans could not be reached for comment.
Evans was serving as pastor of St. Margaret's Catholic Church in Bayou La Batre when the archdiocese received the complaint Dec. 2.
A church representative, the Rev. James J. Cink, immediately contacted the family making the complaint and apologized, according to the statement.