PENNSYLVANIA
The Republic
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 21, 2013
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — A Catholic priest whose ministry included counseling troubled youths is facing charges in northeastern Pennsylvania after police say he admitted to sex acts with a 15-year-old boy.
The Rev. William Paulish was in Lackawanna County prison, unable to post $50,000 bail Friday.
The charges involve sexual contact with a minor. Court records didn’t list a lawyer for Paulish.
The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports (http://bit.ly/1dywtU3 ) that the 56-year-old Paulish has been reassigned 15 times by the Diocese of Scranton after being ordained in 1988 and has had three separate leaves of absence.
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