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	Priest Removed over Previous Sex Admission By Robin Farmer Richmond Times-Dispatch [South Richmond, VA] July 3, 2007 http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/policebeat.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-07-03-0106.html Parishioners attending weekend Masses at Sacred Heart Church in South Richmond learned that their new pastor was removed for a past incident of sexual misconduct. The Rev. C. Jeffries Burton, 70, was removed from his position last Wednesday after an allegation of inappropriate touching with an adolescent in 1982 was discovered during a review of his file. At that time, Burton was co-director of youth ministry for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte in North Carolina. Any priest who has a credible allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor is removed from ministry, according to the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus' Policies on Sexual Abuse and Pastoral Conduct, which became effective in 2003.
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