Berks priest removed from assignment

ALLENTOWN (PA)
WFMZ

Author: Gina Gasper, Web Producer

Published On: Mar 04 2012

ALLENTOWN, Pa. –
Officials with the Diocese of Allentown announced Sunday that a priest serving in Berks County has been removed from his assignment after having an inappropriate relationship with a woman.

Diocesan officials said Reverend Cletus Onyegbule, 44, was having an inappropriate relationship with a woman that began when the woman was 18.

Onyegbule was serving as assistant pastor at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Sinking Spring since March 2009.

Bishop John O. Barres made the announcement to parishioners at the 5:30 pm mass Saturday, officials said.

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