Retired Priest Suspended After Sexual Abuse Allegation
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ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A retired priest with the St. Louis Archdiocese has been suspended due to a recently reported allegation of sexual abuse.
St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson announced the suspension of retired priest Father John Ghio.
Carlson says the suspension is due to a recently reported allegation of sexual abuse which was alleged to have occurred in the early 1980s.
Click here to read a statement from the St. Louis Archdiocese.
Ghio is currently retired from active ministry and resides in a monitored environment.
Carlson says Ghio’s priestly faculties have been suspended until a canonical process is concluded. A bulletin announcement will be made this weekend at parishes where Ghio served.
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