Vatican reinstates Owensboro priest after sexual abuse allegations
Vatican reinstates Owensboro priest after sexual abuse allegations By Jill Lyman | April 26, 2021 at 3:15 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 6:57 PM
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Fr. Joseph Edward Bradley, a priest of the Diocese of Owensboro, has been reinstated by the Vatican.
On March 1, 2019, Fr. Bradley was temporarily suspended from public ministry by Bishop William F. Medley following a recommendation by the Diocesan Review Board that an allegation of the sexual abuse of a minor had been found credible.
Officials say a second allegation came forth with both dating from the 1980s when Fr. Bradley was Dean of Students and then Principal of Owensboro Catholic High School.