COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Colorado Springs priest has been placed on administrative leave amid allegations of sex abuse involving a child.
The Colorado Springs Archdiocese announced Monday that church officials placed Rev. Charles Robert Manning on administrative leave and called police following a Jan. 4 report of sex abuse allegations. Officials also suspended Manning’s duties as a priest. He was serving as pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church.
Details were not released. Colorado Springs police spokeswoman Barbara Miller declined to comment when reached by The Gazette ( ), saying she is unaware of an investigation.
The church, which opened in 1998, has about 1,110 members.
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