Priest sex abuse

    The Philadelphia Archdiocese says it received an allegation last Thursday of sexual abuse of a minor against Reverend William G. Ayres, Pastor of Saint Michael Parish, and Parochial Administrator of Immaculate Conception Parish, both in Philadelphia.

    The Archdiocese says the events are from the mid 1990’s.  This is the first allegation of sexual abuse that the Archdiocese has received regarding Father Ayres, who was ordained in 1999.

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