Former Deacon at St. Joseph's Removed as a Parish Priest
The Rev. Cletus Onyegbule was removed as assistant pastor at a Berks County parish for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with an 18-year-old woman.
A priest of the Diocese of Allentown has been removed from his assignment at a parish in Berks County after acknowledging an inappropriate relationship with a woman, according to a release from the diocese.
The Rev. Cletus Onyegbule, 44, had been assistant pastor at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Sinking Spring since March 2009.
A native of Nigeria, he served as a deacon at St. Joseph the Worker Church in 2001, according to a report in The Morning Call. Parishioners there had donated $10,000 to bring his family to the Lehigh Valley for his ordination in 2002, the report said.
Onyegbule's relationship with the woman began when she was 18, according to the release from the diocese.
Diocesan officials said they reported the matter to "appropriate authorities" and that Onyegbule is now in a treatment facility. He is not permitted to function publicly as a priest, the release said.
Onyegbule served at St. Ambrose Church in Schuylkill Haven and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Bethlehem Township before his assignment to Sinking Spring.
According to a report in the Reading Eagle, Bishop John O. Barres told St. Ignatius parishioners about the dismissal during Mass on Saturday. The report said there was no mention of any criminal activity and that officials said no charges were filed.
Miss Mellon
11:44 am on Monday, March 5, 2012
10,000 dollars to bring a deviants family to the United States, nice work!
Judy Jones
12:53 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012
In any setting where there is an inherent power imbalance between clergy-church members. It is much like a teacher-student, or doctor-patient, or therapist-client relationship, where any sexual contact is expressly forbidden. And for good reason: because it almost always results in devastation, with individuals and the families.
Hopefully if anyone has been harmed by Fr Cletus Onyegbule, they will have the courage to come forward and contact police.
Keep in mind your silence only hurts, and by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" and all clergy
http://www.snapnetwork.org/
LoisMurray
1:27 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012
no criminal activity she was 18 yrs old .
voice of reason
1:28 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
morally corrupt and despicable, wonder how many mothers want their 18 year old daughters fornicating with a 44 year old man
Nadia
1:01 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012
at it was a woman this time, not a child. And she was of legal age and a consenting adult.
LoisMurray
1:19 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012
She was not a child she was of legal age , it is not a natural thing to go without sex @ least he was raping boys
voice of reason
1:22 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
raping boys? what a sick and perverted way of thinking LoisMurray
LoisMurray
1:25 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012
correction @ least he was not raping boys
Billy Bellew
6:55 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012
I always thought a deviant was someone who went against social behavior, seems this "catholic priest" groomed this woman into adultery
LoisMurray
2:02 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Webster's dictionary . Adultery sexual unfaithfulness by one who is married. Who was married she is a adult .
LoisMurray
2:06 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012
I hope they love each other and get married , went into Africa teaching young men the madness of Catholic religion , I grew up and went to catholic school I saw a lot with those priest we had a priest from Belgum who love sleeping with girls. It is unnatural to not participate in sex it is what keeps the population going. The catholic religion is a secret organization mostly of men who love men .
George Goldstein
12:34 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
They sent him to a facility in Dowingtown to treat him psychologically. They'll probably castrate him so that he'll turn into someone who can't have sex,then allow him back into the priesthood.
viola
5:38 am on Saturday, March 10, 2012
Y'all А́яέ crazy,he Ȋ̝̊̅§ ordained by God,careful what you say of him, Ў☺ΰ guys А́яέ no better
God is a myth fools
11:22 am on Saturday, March 10, 2012
God is a Myth! Why doesn't God stop the tornado's that kill 2 year old children and wipe out entire communities? Why did God allow servants of God to rape young boys in his own places of worship?
Sue Smith
11:28 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
you go girl! i could't agree more...these people have no clue what the heck they are saying! I am sure if we heard of their sins it would fill a whole newspaper!
Sue Smith
11:29 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
this is crazy! These people have no clue!
Sue Smith
11:31 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
you go girl! i could't agree more...these people have no clue what the heck they are saying! I am sure if we heard of their sins it would fill a whole newspaper!
PM Cronin
1:11 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
Please don't group Fr Cletus in with the pedophile priests because he doesn't belong there! I'm a former Catholic who went to 12 yrs of Catholic school but has turned from that "religion" over their unyielding ways, lack of legitimate roles for women and mostly over the pedophile priests and all of the criminal behavior that went with that whole mess. I know Fr Cletus from Our Lady's when he was there and he is a very well loved and respected priest there. He anointed my Mother who died in my home 4 yrs ago and it was a pleasure to know him through my Mother who was a devout Catholic. I'm so sorry to hear of this and hope that he will find love and peace in his life. I honestly don't feel that the Catholic church deserves him!
voice of reason
1:54 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
Cletus is a predator, preying on teens, he started grooming this one when she was 16 and made his move on her 18th birthday, same traits as a serial sex addict, a pervert who should be deported pronto
voice of reason
1:24 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
nice of the parishioners to supply 10000 dollars to satisfy the sexual urges of an immigrant, baba booey
voice of reason
1:27 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
44 year old hooking up for sweet love making with an 18 year old, 26 year difference, imagine being 26 and lusting after a new born same difference, the guy deep down took 10k to fulfill his perversions