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The priest, Michael Schapfel, was removed from ministry after the German Bishops 'Conference and the Diocese of Mainz in that country learned of the allegations March 30, reported them to authorities and called Schapfel at home during the Easter holiday.
Catholic priest removed, returned to Germany to face sexual abuse allegations 2010
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Today, the parish sees as many as 120 attendees for Sunday Mass, almost double the number when Schapfel arrived.
D.C. parish grapples with sex-abuse charges against priest back in Germany 2010
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As the news spread, a contrasting portrait of Schapfel as a popular religious leader has emerged from his parishioners and people he worked with at the school in the Maryland suburbs where he taught seventh -, eighth - and ninth-graders.
D.C. parish grapples with sex-abuse charges against priest back in Germany 2010
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Schapfel was transferred to Washington after allegations that he had a relationship with a girl in Germany while he served as the chaplain of a religious program for girls in the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to the Schonstatt Institute of Diocesan Priests, the Catholic News Service reported Wednesday.
D.C. parish grapples with sex-abuse charges against priest back in Germany 2010
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In recent months, after a priest in New York leading a similar German parish was injured in an accident, Schapfel began splitting his time between the two parishes, Vowerk said.
D.C. parish grapples with sex-abuse charges against priest back in Germany 2010
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Before coming to Washington, Schapfel was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Mainz in 1984 and held a number of positions in Germany, including an assignment with the Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Diocesan Priests.
Catholic priest removed, returned to Germany to face sexual abuse allegations 2010
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The Archdiocese of Washington said it has not received any reports of abuse by Schapfel during his time in the District.
Catholic priest removed, returned to Germany to face sexual abuse allegations 2010
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At that time, Monsignor Peter Wolf, general rector of the institute, told the Diocese of Mainz, where Schapfel was ordained, that the priest had an affair with a woman, and that it would be advisable for him to no longer work in the area, the news service reported.
D.C. parish grapples with sex-abuse charges against priest back in Germany 2010
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Schapfel arrived in Washington with a letter of suitability from his home diocese, affirming that he had no known criminal background nor anything that would "render him unsuitable to work with children," according to the Washington Archdiocese.
Catholic priest removed, returned to Germany to face sexual abuse allegations 2010
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Schapfel denies that he had sexual relations with the girl before she was 16, the age of consent in Germany, the news service reported.
D.C. parish grapples with sex-abuse charges against priest back in Germany 2010
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