The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is investigating allegations of sexual harassment made by a former student at St Charles Borromeo Seminary, The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported.
The newspaper said that a letter with claims that a former student at St Charles sexually harassed a freshman during the 2010-11 school year was sent to priests and deacons.
The claims are related to a blog post that also implicated St John's Seminary in Boston, which the Archdiocese of Boston also is investigating.
Like the Boston case, the claims originated on social media, and is linked to a blog post that describes seminarians at a "conservative seminary" drinking heavily, "cuddling" after a drunken party, and being involved in sexual acts. The person who wrote the blog says he experienced sexual harassment at the Philadelphia seminary and later witnessed the other behaviour in the Boston seminary.
