PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Digital First Media
January 13, 2019
A Catholic priest who served at Bishop Shanahan in the early 1990s was found to be “not suitable for ministry” following an investigation that he sexually abused a minor in the 1980s, and a Catholic priest who served at Saints Philip and James in Exton has been placed on administrative leave after a new claim that he sexually abused a minor in the 1980s.
A Philadelphia-area priest, Rev. John F. Meyers, 64, was also found to be not suitable for ministry following sexual abuse allegations, the Philadelphia Archdiocese announced Sunday, noting that is referring the allegation to law enforcement.
The Rev. Raymond Smart, 74, was employed at Bishop Shanahan High School from 1991 to 1995, when it was located in West Chester, and the Rev. Monsignor Joseph L. Logrip, 73, served at Saints Philip and James in Exton from 2007 to 2008.
The allegations comes on the heels of a Pennsylvania grand jury report that found Roman Catholic leaders in Pennsylvania had covered up decades of child sex abuse dating back to the 1940s involving hundreds of priests and more than 1,000 victims.
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