NEW YORK
Syracuse.com
By John O’Brien | jobrien@syracuse.com
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Allegations of misconduct against a Catholic priest in Rome have been deemed to be unfounded, the Syracuse Diocese announced today.
Bishop Robert Cunningham said the Diocesan Review Board found the allegations against the Rev. Paul Angelicchio from 27 years ago to be not credible.
Cunningham accepted the board’s recommendation and returned Angelicchio to active ministry as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church and Transfiguration Church in Rome, effective today.
The review board is made up of six people — four lay professionals, a member of the clergy and a religious, the diocese said.
The diocese placed Angelicchio on temporarily administrative leave Nov. 21 in response to allegations of abusing a minor. The accusation was first made to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office, which later forwarded it to the diocese, according to a news release from the diocese.
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