MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Jaime DeLage
jdelage@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 09/02/2015
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced Wednesday it is removing a former St. Paul priest from active ministry because of an allegation of sexual abuse.
At the same time it is returning a recently accused priest to ministry in Richfield.
Both decisions were made after investigations by the archdiocese’s newly formed Ministerial Review Board, a confidential body that advises the archbishop on matters involving accused priests.
The priest being reinstated is the Rev. Gerald Dvorak, pastor of the Church of St. Peter in Richfield.
Dvorak was accused in May of sexually abusing a minor in the 1970s. The review board interviewed Dvorak and the complainant and concluded the allegation was not substantiated, according to a statement from Archbishop Bernard Hebda.
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