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Philadelphia Inquirer
The Rev. George Cadwallader, who most recently was assigned to St. Vincent de Paul Church in Richboro, was one of the five priests removed from the ministry Friday by Archbishop Charles Chaput.
Richard Janowski of Joshua Drive in Richboro said Cadwallader “never impressed me. I don’t know — there was something wrong with him. The pastor, Father Joseph McLaughlin, is the opposite, very intelligent, very devout.”
Janowski, who helps with the parish collections once a month and has been a parishioner for about 25 years, said Cadwallader was at the parish for about a year. One of the priest’s jobs was training altar boys and girls, Janowski said.
Jeff Schuck, 48, of Joshua Drive, did not know Cadwallader or that the priest had been removed from the parish during the archdiocese’s investigation. But, “it is very disheartening the way the church is going,” he said. “I worry about the kids — can you leave them alone? I don’t think I will.”
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