Tag Archives: Wallace Harris

Top Harlem Priest Banished

A disgraced Harlem priest who arranged Pope Benedict XVI’s 2008 Mass at Yankee Stadium has been sentenced to “a life of prayer and penance” by the Vatican for his alleged molestation of up to 10 kids decades ago.

Wallace Harris, the former popular pastor of the Church of St. Charles Borremeo, also now by order of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is living in a Catholic-run residence “under very, very close supervision,” said Dolan’s spokesman Joseph Zwilling last night. Continue reading

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Harlem Pastor Resigns, Accused of Sexual Abuse

A prominent Harlem pastor accused of sexually abusing children in the 1980s has resigned.

The Archdiocese of New York says whether Monsignor Wallace Harris will be formally removed from the priesthood will be decided by the Vatican’s internal affairs office.

He was the highest-ranking black cleric in the archdiocese and once considered for appointment as a bishop. Continue reading