NOTICE FROM THE DIOCESE OF hαɾɾιsBURG
The Diocese of hαɾɾιsburg has recently been informed that Virgil Bradley
“Gabriel Francis” Tetherow, formerly a priest of the Diocese of Scranton, has
been dismissed from the clerical state by the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
In January of 2005, Bishop Joseph F. Martino removed Mr. Tetherow from
any public ministry when the Diocese of Scranton learned that he had been
arrested for possession of child pornography, for which Mr. Tetherow was
later sentenced to two years’ probation.
Most recent indications are that Mr. Gabriel Tetherow has been serving at
Saint Michael the Archangel Chapel in Windsor, Pennsylvania. This Chapel
is not affiliated in any way with the Diocese of hαɾɾιsburg or with the Roman
Catholic Church.
Because Mr. Tetherow has now been removed from the clerical state, he
is forbidden to function as a priest in the Catholic Church and should no
longer present himself as a priest. His celebration of the sacraments would
be gravely illicit and, in the case of marriage and sacramental absolution,
normally invalid.