SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A Catholic priest who was found badly beaten in a Springfield park last month has resigned."Inappropriate behavior"? Maybe it was a new form of "pastoral outreach"...
A statement from the Springfield Diocese today says Monsignor Eugene Costa will no longer serve as pastor of parishes in the central Illinois communities of Sherman and Athens. His resignation was effective Friday.
The diocese says Costa is resigning to focus on his physical recovery and to deal with what the diocese calls instances of "inappropriate" behavior. Springfield diocese spokeswoman Kathy Sass declined to provide any details about the situation.
Police in Springfield say two teenagers have been charged with aggravated battery in Costa's beating.
(Thanks Ben Yount, WTAX Radio, Springfield)
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