The Greenville Pioneer is reporting The Rev. Jeremiah Nunan, 81, has been permanently barred from ministry, according to an announcement from Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of the Albany Catholic Diocese. Nunan was barred after the Albany Diocese Review Board found reasonable grounds to believe he had sexually abused a minor in the early 1990s. Nunan has denied the allegations. He is the former pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Cairo, and Our Lady of Knock Mission in East Durham. Nunan was placed on administrative leave six years ago, and barred from officiating at sacraments, wearing clerical garb or presenting himself as a priest. An allegation against Nunan, received in 2006 and involving alleged abuse in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was investigated by the Independent Mediation Assistance Program, but could not be substantiated. Nunan joined the Albany Diocese in 1963 after graduating from a seminary in Ireland. He also served at St. Mary‘s in Hudson, and as chaplain for the Columbia Memorial Hospital School for Nursing. Read the full story in the Greenville Pioneer.