Pastor Steps Forward With New Claim of Past Sexual Abuse by Harlem Monsignor.

A Harlem pastor and retired police officer said on Thursday that he was sexually abused as a teenager by Msgr. Wallace A. Harris, the prominent and popular priest who was suspended indefinitely by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York two weeks ago on the basis of similar complaints by two other men. The pastor, Eric C. Crumbley Sr., 42, who leads a nondenominational storefront congregation known as the Harlem Faith Center, said his motivation in coming forward with the accusation now was to lend moral support to the two men, the first of whom contacted the archdiocese in June. The second was located by the Manhattan district attorney's office as it investigated the first man's claim; prosecutors determined that the statute of limitations had lapsed for the two complaints, which concerned events about 20 years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]