Catholic priest banned from ministry in sexual abuse case
A celebrated liturgical scholar has been permanently removed from Catholic ministry in the wake of a “credible allegation” that he had inappropriate sexual contact with a child in Baltimore three decades ago, according to Jesuit officials.
The acts by the Rev. James Glenn Murray allegedly took place at St. Frances-Charles Hall, now known as St. Frances Academy, where he taught English and religion for seven years starting in 1981 and served for three of those years as assistant principal. Murray, who was ordained in 1979, has been a member of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus for 38 years.
It is the third such case to come to light in the Baltimore area in recent months, and one of a long string of allegations to have surfaced against members of the clergy of the Catholic church, both in the United States and elsewhere, in recent years.