MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By John Brewer
jbrewer@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 11/04/2013
Two priests in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have taken leaves of absence for “prior misconduct,” officials announced Sunday.
The instances of misconduct did not involve sexual abuse of minors, according to church officials, and did not involve members of any parish where the priests served. The church did not otherwise detail the misconduct.
The priests — Father David Barrett of the Church of St. Wenceslaus in New Prague and Father Paul Moudry of St. Margaret Mary in Golden Valley — took the leaves voluntarily, the church said.
Barrett, an assistant priest in New Prague since 2009, “has been under supervision by pastoral leadership and others at the Archdiocese,” according to a press release, “and has undergone counseling during his current and prior assignments.”
Moudry has served as priest in Golden Valley since 2001.
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