A woman religious and protesters in Washington gather near the Capuchin College June 2 as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the nearby St. John Paul II National Shrine. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)
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Priest chaplain at Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse had abuse record
Fr. J. Irvin Mouser, a priest from the Archdiocese of Louisville, was removed from public ministry in 2002 on charges of child sex abuse. He is accused of abusing five boys during his time as a priest at the parishes of St. Helen in Barren County and St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson County. The Holy See directed Mouser to live a life of "prayer and penance" — he was not to serve in any active ministry as priest, celebrate Mass publicly or don clerical garb.
But Mouser did all of that while living in Loretto, where he served as chaplain to the Sisters of Loretto. There he was also in close proximity to children, since students from a nearby high school and young children would often visit the motherhouse and the adjoining farm.
Parishioners object to firings of laicized priest and inactive priest
Some parishioners at St. Patrick Catholic Community in Scottsdale, Arizona, are raising objections after two members of the parish staff, former priest Kevin McGloin and inactive priest John Konicek, were fired. McGloin served the parish as the director of liturgy and Christian formation, and Konicek was director of adult formation and parish spirituality.