PENNSYLVANIA
Times-Tribune
JOE HEALEY
Published: April 3, 2016
SCRANTON — A longtime Diocese of Scranton priest was removed from his ministry after an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor surfaced late Friday night.
The Rev. Martin M. Boylan most recently served as pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish in Scranton, and was the episcopal vicar for the Northern Pastoral Region of the Diocese of Scranton, according to a statement from the Diocese.
The alleged misconduct occurred when the accuser, now an adult, was a minor, according to the statement. The Diocese said it notified the Wayne County district attorney because the alleged abuse took place in that region.
The Rev. Boylan previously served as administrator and pastor of St. Rita’s in Gouldsboro, and pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Honesdale, and St. Joseph Parish in White Mills, Texas Twp., all in Wayne County.
The Diocese suspended the Rev. Boylan’s “faculties to exercise priestly ministries within the Diocese” pending an investigation of the accusation, according to the statement.
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