PENNSYLVANIA
PennLive
By John Beauge | Special to PennLive
on January 19, 2017
SUNBURY – The pastor of a Northumberland County church charged with failing to report to authorities an alleged sexual abuse incident has been accepted into a special probation program that does not require admission of guilt.
Gregory L. Clendaniel, 54, of Paxinos, on Thursday in Northumberland County court was accepted into the accelerated rehabilitative disposition program.
If he successfully completes terms of his probation he could apply to have his record expunged.
District Attorney Tony Matulewicz said he normally would not approve ARD in cases in which the victim was a minor, but there were issues when Clendaniel learned of the incident.
Clendaniel, as the pastor of the Augustaville Wesleyan Church, is under the law required to report sexual abuse incidents.
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