Ousted Priest Now Vineland Therapist, Report Says

Press of Atlantic City
July 17, 2015

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A priest ousted from the church due to sex abuse allegations years ago has found a new career as a family counselor in Vineland.

Edward Igle has been a licensed therapist since the 1980s, and now runs a practice on Landis Avenue, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Claims by two men who said Igle had abused them in the 1970s were deemed credible; one victim told the newspaper that Igle paid a $7,000 settlement. The church permanently removed him in 2000.

Igle, now 68, told the Inquirer that he never abused anyone. He also said that he never meets alone with children he counsels, and he sometimes mentions the accusations when he teaches professionals about sex abuse.

Igle also works at the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center, according to its website.

The leader there, Marion Lindblad-Goldberg, did not return calls or emails for comment. But she told the Inquirer that Igle disclosed the allegation, but that she believes his assertion that it’s untrue.