Group Calls for Ouster of Supervisor of Bangor’s Convicted Greek Orthodox Priest

By Catherine Pegram
WABI
October 17, 2016

http://wabi.tv/2016/10/17/group-calls-for-ouster-of-supervisor-of-bangors-convicted-greek-orthodox-priest/


An organization that supports people sexually abused by priests wants the supervisor of a convicted Greek Orthodox priest in Bangor to be ousted.

Adam Metropoulos, 54, is serving 6.5 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor, after he was found guilty last year.

He was the head St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bangor when he molested an alter boy there.

Members of the group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests are calling for Greek Orthodox Chancellor Theodore Barbas of Boston to be removed.

They say he was complicit or negligent in placing Metropoulos in a position with children.

Metropoulos was convicted for a sexual assault in Michigan in 1983, before coming to Bangor.

The man who was abused by Metropoulos is now living in Vermont and has filed a lawsuit against Metropoulos, his supervisor, other church leaders and members of the Greek community.