A 67-year-old priest has been placed on leave from his Northeast Baltimore parish amid an allegation he sexually abused a teen-ager three decades ago, the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced yesterday.

The Rev. George B. Loskarn, pastor at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church in the city's Hamilton section, confirmed the allegations made against him Thursday and was removed from his duties that day, said Raymond P. Kempisty, a spokesman for the archdiocese.

About 50 members of the congregation were notified at a 1 p.m. parish meeting yesterday.

Loskarn has been pastor of St. Dominic's since 1985 and served his entire career in Baltimore.

The abuse took place outside Maryland, and occurred when Loskarn was an associate pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Kempisty said. It was Loskarn's first assignment, which he held from 1965 to 1972. The church was closed in 1997.

Archdiocese officials would not disclose the identity of the alleged victim, whom they said in a statement "was in his early to middle-teens when the alleged abuse took place." Kempisty said he did not know where the alleged abuse took place.

The alleged victim resides in Baltimore County. Archdiocese officials said they forwarded the complaint to the county state's attorney's office in a letter that was hand-delivered Friday, a day after church leaders received notification.

Baltimore County State's Attorney Sandra A. O'Connor said she was out of the office Friday and has not seen the complaint.

"If the victim is interested in pursuing this, we would do everything in our power to forward it to the people who have jurisdiction," O'Connor said. In Maryland, felonies are not subject to a statute of limitations, but other states may have different rules, she said.

Loskarn becomes the first active parish priest in Baltimore to face sexual abuse charges in the crisis enveloping the Catholic Church.

Last month, Cardinal William H. Keeler asked for the resignation of the Rev. William Q. Simms from an administrative job. Simms had been accused of molesting two teen-age altar boys 20 years ago.

Other accusations have been leveled against clergy who have left service or previously been removed, including the Rev. Maurice Blackwell, who was shot and wounded last month. Charged in the shooting was a man whose 1993 claim that he had been abused by Blackwell was not prosecuted.