Father Paschal Morlino of Baltimore's St. Benedict Church has been suspended from ministry after his Archdiocese learned of a sexual harassment settlement he made in 2018.
A Benedictine monk has been suspended from ministry after the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore recently became aware of a payment he made several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations. Last week, Father Paschal Morlino was dismissed from his position as pastor of St. Benedict Church in southwest Baltimore, where he served for nearly 40 years and became known for his longstanding efforts to help residents of poor neighborhoods surrounding the church.
just wanted to keep him quiet, to be rid of him, because he was just stirring up trouble,' he told The Banner, referring to the complainant, who died in 2020. An attorney who represented the man didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Morlino arrived at St. Benedict in 1984, a time of declining membership and waning interest in the church.
Before coming to Baltimore, Morlino founded Adelphoi Village, a nonprofit child care agency that works with at-risk youth in Pennsylvania.