He was removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and misconduct against adultsThese financial impacts, “coupled with an extended period of inflation and volatile financial markets,” have “proven to be crippling economic challenges” to the archdiocesan pastoral center. Washington’s archbishop said those factors have caused the pastoral center to have an annual operational deficit of approximately $10 million per year for each of the last five years, which has caused the archdiocese to draw on financial reserves to cover shortfalls. Most of the job reductions affected the workforce at the pastoral center’s main office building in Hyattsville, a Washington suburb. Before the job reductions, that location included about 120 people, and the restructuring eliminated about one-fourth of those positions. This process is not a reflection on the quality or importance of your work.