PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philly Voice
August 10, 2018
The Rev. Mark F. Plaushin faces an allegation in Monroe County dating to 1985, before he was ordained
A priest in residence at a Chestnut Hill parish has been removed from ministry after an allegation surfaced that he sexually abused a minor in 1985 before he was ordained.
The Rev. Mark F. Plaushin, a member of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales, had lived and celebrated Mass at Our Mother of Consolation parish since the summer of 2013. He has not lived at the parish rectory since the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province of the Oblates learned of the allegation on July 16.
Our Mother of Consolation Roman Catholic Church on East Chestnut Hill Avenue in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.
A priest in residence at a Chestnut Hill parish has been removed from ministry after an allegation surfaced that he sexually abused a minor in 1985 before he was ordained.
The Rev. Mark F. Plaushin, a member of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales, had lived and celebrated Mass at Our Mother of Consolation parish since the summer of 2013. He has not lived at the parish rectory since the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province of the Oblates learned of the allegation on July 16.
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The allegation was shared with parishioners by the Rev. Michael Murray, the assistant provincial for the Oblates, in an announcement at Masses the following weekend. In addition, letters were sent by the parish pastor, the Rev. Bob Bazzoli, to all registered parishioners as well as school and PREP religious education families.
A scouting group which Plaushin had served as chaplain also was notified, according to a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Plaushin, who is in his early 60s, is accused of sexually abusing a minor in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in 1985, four years before he was ordained to the priesthood, according to Murray’s announcement.
Plaushin has denied the allegation, according to Murray.
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