CHADDS FORD (PA)
Media Patch
August 20, 2018
By Max Bennett
A longtime priest who served in Delco, the Main Line, and Philadelphia was deemed unfit for ministry after facing drug and theft charges.
A priest who ministered Delaware County has been found unsuitable for ministry after being accused of having drugs delivered to a Chadds Ford parish, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Sunday.
Reverend Monsignor Gregory J. Parlante, 61, who most recently served at Saint Cornelius Parish in Chadds Ford and previously served in Radnor and Philadelphia, was placed on administrative leave in June 2017 after charges were filed in connection with the alleged drugs.
Parlante was charged in January 2017 with possession of a controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia; and felony theft by unlawful taking, according to court records.
The first two charges were dismissed after Parlante was accepted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program for the theft charge in July this year, according to court records.
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