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	Priest Investigated for Possible Abuse By Scott Farwell Dallas Morning News September 19, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-regionalrdp_19met.ART.State.Edition1.272ac9c.html A priest who worked at two Dallas-area parishes is being investigated on suspicion of committing sexual abuse 18 years ago at a southeast Texas church to which he was assigned. The Rev. David L. Colella, 80, is accused of abusing at least one girl when he led Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Victoria, Texas, from 1981 to 1990. Father Colella worked at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waxahachie from 1990 to 1996 and then led Santa Clara of Assisi in Oak Cliff until 2004. A spokeswoman for the Dallas Diocese said members of those parishes would be informed of the allegations Sunday and asked to come forward if they have any information. "We have absolutely no allegations of reports against Father Colella in our files in the Dallas Diocese," said Annette Gonzales Taylor, a spokeswoman for the diocese. "We have absolutely no allegations of reports against Father Colella in our files in the Dallas Diocese," said Annette Gonzales Taylor, a spokeswoman for the diocese.
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