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	Priest Removed from Duties after Admitting Affair Had Inappropriate Relationship with 18-Year-Old. He Previously Served in Emmaus, Orefield By Kathy Lauer-Williams Morning Call November 16, 2009 http://www.mcall.com/news/all-a4_5priest.7088029nov16,0,4452852.story A priest who served in Emmaus until 2006 has been removed from his current assignments in Reading after admitting an inappropriate relationship with an 18 year-old woman, the Diocese of Allentown said in a statement Sunday. The Rev. Luis A. Bonilla Margarito, 40, was removed as pastor of St. Joseph Church in Reading, where he served for three years, and as chaplain of Reading's Central Catholic High School, where he was assigned in June 2008. The bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, the Rev. John O. Barres, announced Margarito's removal to St. Joseph's parish at the 4 p.m. Saturday Mass. Diocese officials reported the matter to authorities and are cooperating with authorities, spokesman Matt Kerr said. No legal charges will be filed, Kerr said. Margarito was ordained in 2000, after which he was assigned to St. Joseph the Worker Church in Orefield. He then worked at St. Peter Church in Reading and was assistant pastor for St. Ann Church in Emmaus before his appointment as pastor at St. Joseph's. Margarito will be be treated at a facility outside the Diocese, Kerr said, and is not allowed to serve publicly as a priest. Contact: kathy.lauer@mcall.com, 610-778-2235.
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