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A priest in the Beaver County has been accused of sexually abusing a minor. The priest named Father John Fitzgerald serves at Our Lady of Peace Parish in Conway, Beaver County, according to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.

For the period of investigation Fitzgerald has been placed on leave. Probably he will stay on leave till his name is cleared.

Fitzgerald has been accused of abusing a boy in the late 1990s, as per police records.

However, Fitzgerald has denied the claims as false.

(AW: Pratima Tigga)