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	Boscobel Priest Defrocked By Michael Schmidt Telegraph Herald July 1, 2009 http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=248497 [letter from Metropolitan Joseph] The Rev. Simeon Gitlis is accused of molesting a female resident in the 1990s. BOSCOBEL, Wis. — An Eastern Orthodox priest has been defrocked after allegations of sexual misconduct against a resident of a Boscobel monastery. The Rev. Simeon Gitlis was removed as Abbod of St. Isaac of Syria Skete and returned to the status of simple monk on March 28, the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia confirmed Wednesday. Gitlis is accused of sexual molesting a female resident of St. Isaac of Syria Skete, according to a press release from The Survivors’ Network of those Abused by Priests. Turn to tomorrow's TH for the full story.
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