Retired Priest Suspended After Sexual Abuse Allegation

KMOX
October 21, 2014

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/10/21/priest-suspended-after-allegation-of-abuse/

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A retired priest with the St. Louis Archdiocese has been suspended due to a recently reported allegation of sexual abuse.

St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson announced the suspension of retired priest Father John Ghio.

Carlson says the suspension is due to a recently reported allegation of sexual abuse which was alleged to have occurred in the early 1980s.

Click here to read a statement from the St. Louis Archdiocese.

Ghio is currently retired from active ministry and resides in a monitored environment.

Carlson says Ghio’s priestly faculties have been suspended until a canonical process is concluded. A bulletin announcement will be made this weekend at parishes where Ghio served.