PENNSYLVANIA
WNEP
SCRANTON — Charges were dismissed in Lackawanna County court against a priest accused of improper acts with a teen girl.
A judged dismissed the charges Friday morning against Fr. Phillip Altavilla, a well-known priest who held one of the most prominent positions in the Diocese of Scranton.
Fr. Altavilla was charged in April with child sex abuse charges, along with furnishing alcohol to minors after alleged contact with a 13-year-old parishioner in 1998.
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