BELMONT, N.C. — Belmont Abbey College officials said two of the school's former monks have credible sexual abuse allegations against them.
The chancellor said neither case happened at the college or involved students.
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The two former monks are Frederick George and Donald Scales, who also served at St. Michael Catholic Church in Gaston County. The alleged incidents involving both men happened in the 1970s.
"We urge anyone who has been abused to report it to the authorities," Charlotte Diocese Bishop Peter Jugis said in a YouTube video released Wednesday.
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The accusations against George didn’t surface until 1987, but he was still allowed to return to Belmont Abbey College in the early 1990s and serve as a hospital chaplain.
"The Diocese of Charlotte, in solidarity with Pope Francis, offers a sincere apology to anyone who have been victimized by this crime and awful sin," Jugis said.
Scales' case wasn’t reported until 2006. He denied the allegations and died two years later.
Scales served off and on at Belmont Abbey and St. Michael Catholic Church from 1948 until he was transferred to Richmond, Virginia in 1980.
In 2006, Belmont Abbey received a claim of sex abuse committed by Scales that allegedly took place while he was serving at St. Michael's parish.
The Charlotte Diocese reviewed the claim and said the allegation was credible.
Belmont Abbey said by that time, Scales was "elderly and infirm, and no longer in pastoral ministry" and that he "denied the allegation." He died in 2008.
George served in Richmond from 1975 to 1987.
In November 1987, parents there claimed George sexually abused their son in the late 1970s at St. Benedict Parish. He was reportedly removed from his position there, officials said.
In 1994, George was able to return to service at Belmont Abbey following a psychological evaluation.
He served as a chaplain until he left in 1998.
These revelations came from a list released by the Diocese of Richmond.
Reporter Tina Terry pushed Wednesday to find out if the Diocese of Charlotte will release a similar list.
Officials said they haven't made that decision yet.