Rome church’s Fr. Angelicchio returns to ministry after investigation

NEW YORK
Observer-Dispatch

A Rome priest placed on administrative leave last month returned to active ministry today after recent allegations against him were found to be “not credible,” according to the Rome Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.

By Observer-Dispatch

A Rome priest placed on administrative leave last month returned to active ministry today after recent allegations against him were found to be “not credible,” according to the Rome Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.

The Rev. Paul Angelicchio will now resume all duties as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church and Transfiguration Church in Rome, according to a news release.

Angelicchio was placed on leave Nov. 21 after allegations arose that he “was aware of sexual abuse committed in his presence (27 years ago) and did nothing to prevent it,” according to a statement from Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick.

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