Baltimore Archdiocese officials have removed a Roman Catholic priest from a Northeast Baltimore parish after he was recently accused of molesting two boys more than 30 years ago.

The Rev. Robert Lentz, 66, who was assigned to St. Dominic Catholic Church in Hamilton, has been accused of sexually abusing two boys in the mid- to late 1960s.

Lentz was confronted with the allegations at a meeting with church officials Monday. Both a civil lawyer and a canon lawyer, who is a specialist in church law, accompanied him.

Lentz denies the allegations, but he has been suspended from serving as a priest and has been forced to move from the rectory while the archdiocese investigates.

The abuse allegedly took place while Lentz was a priest at St. Mark in Catonsville, making him one of six priests from that parish who have been accused of child sexual abuse.

He was assigned to St. Mark from 1964 until 1973. "We've talked to numerous individuals, and at this point, two have indicated Father Lentz acted inappropriately with them," said Monsignor Richard Woy, director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Lentz is the second priest from St. Dominic to face sexual abuse allegations this year. The parish's pastor, the Rev. George B. Loskarn, was removed from ministry in June after a credible allegation surfaced that he sexually abused a teen-age boy during an out-of-state trip in the late 1960s.

Loskarn, when confronted with the allegation, admitted to it, church officials said.

The two men who came forward to accuse Lentz are among 43 people who have contacted the Baltimore Archdiocese in the three months since Cardinal William H. Keeler released the names of 56 priests and brothers who had been credibly accused of child sexual abuse..