LONGTIME CATHOLIC PRIEST SUSPENDED AFTER CHILD SEX ABUSE ALLEGATIONS

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April 19, 2021
Tayler Waldman
WBAL

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has suspended a Baltimore priest facing an allegation of sexual abuse involving a minor in Carroll County more than 30 years ago.
Father Martin H. Demek, pastor of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, denies the allegation and is cooperating with the investigation, according to the archdiocese.
The archdiocese received the allegation earlier this year and immediately passed the information to law enforcement. Carroll County sheriff's deputies this week gave the diocese clearance to begin its own investigation.
The alleged abuse dates to 1989, when the victim was around 11 years old. The incidents allegedly occurred at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Manchester.
Demek was ordained in 1975. He served as an associate pastor at Our Lady Queen of Peace, St. Thomas Aquinas and Shrine of the Little Flower before becoming pastor of St. Bartholomew, where he served from 1987 to 1996. He then served in the same capacity at St. William of York before coming to Corpus Christi in 2010. In 1996, he also served as administrator at Our Lady of Sorrows and Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

https://www.wbal.com/article/510086/3/longtime-catholic-priest-suspended-after-child-sex-abuse-allegations

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