CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Pampanga Archbishop Florentino Lavarias has removed a Roman Catholic priest from a parish as the Archdiocese of San Fernando began investigating the public disclosure of a man who accused the cleric of having an affair with his wife.
“I removed him from the parish and allowed him to celebrate Mass only in his house for his spiritual sustenance,” Lavarias told the INQUIRER in a text message when asked on Wednesday (May 5) for the official actions of the Church on the issue.
The scandal broke out last Monday (May 3) through the release of a five-minute video that showed a man furiously confronting his wife and the priest. All that the priest…
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