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	Priest Removed Amid Claims of Relationship with Parishioner News4Jax February 27, 2007 http://www.news4jax.com/news/11122859/detail.html Orange Park, Fla. -- A priest has been stripped of his clerical credentials for having an inappropriate relationship with an adult woman church member, parish officials said Monday. The Rev. Samuel C. Pascoe, a senior rector of Grace Church, was stripped of his ministerial license by his Anglican bishop and removed from his position as a result of the relationship, said the congregation's senior warden David Nelson. Pascoe declined to comment to The Associated Press when reached by telephone at his home. A telephone message left at the church was not immediately returned. Parish officials do not know the identity of the female parishioner or when the relationship took place, Nelson told Jacksonville's The Florida Times-Union for Tuesday's edition. Other details, including the extent of the relationship, were not given. The congregation will be run by its two associate rectors until Pascoe's permanent replacement is found, Nelson said. "It's a painful thing that has taken place," Nelson said. "And it's difficult for Sam given the comments he has made on issues of sexual morality."
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