A Catholic priest has been arrested for allegedly forcibly touching a girl inside a church kitchen in a Lengthy Island diocese already reeling from so many sex-abuse instances that it’s bankrupt.
The Rev. John Adjei-Boamah, 43, was hit with the 2 sex-abuse misdemeanors for allegedly forcing himself on the unidentified lady within the St. Catherine of Sienna Roman Catholic Church rectory in Franklin Sq., Nassau County cops stated.
His arrest comes because the Diocese of Rockville Centre — one of many largest within the nation — continues drowning in a wave of sex-abuse scandals that pushed it out of business in 2020 after being hit with tons of of lawsuits.
In December, church leaders agreed to pay out $323 million to settle the claims in one of many largest settlements ever of its type.
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