February 06, 2010
City Pastor Charged With Homosex Child Abuse
CUMBERLAND -- Monsignor Thomas Bevan, former pastor of the Church of St. Patrick on Centre Street, has been charged by Frederick County authorities for child abuse against an altar boy in 1976. The 73-year-old retired priest, of Cascade, was released on $25,000 bail Thursday. He was indicted on two counts of child abuse Jan. 22 but the charges were kept sealed until Thursday, when an arrest warrant was served. Assistant State’s Attorney Lindell Angel said that Bevan allegedly abused a 10-year-old boy sexually in 1976 when he was associate pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Frederick.Click Here For The Full Story......