That's been happening a lot since the whole sexual abuse of minors crisis began. If there is ANY accusation, the priest is relieved of duty until a full investigation is done. No Diocese wants to be accused of covering up, again.
There have been some false accusations, and the priests have had to deal with the blast of negative media, then be left with a shredded reputation when the investigation is over, because the media might report he was cleared, but always with an overlay of "how can we ever trust him again?"
Well, that’s unfortunate, the part about innocents being forever tarnished because charges like this were lofted at all.
Some folks simply can’t comprehend that there are people out there that make false accusations. It’s sad but true.
Actually, I know a case where the bishop overreacted - in the case of a conservative priest who was later proven innocent of any approaches to an adult mentally disturbed woman who worked for him - and then refused to remove another priest (very liberal) even though there was a police report filed by the family of the teenage girl he was harrassing.
Dioceses do cover up still, but a lot of it has to do with the “political persuasion” of the accused. Flaky liberals get off with a wrist slap and a very cursory investigation. Conservatives are hounded out of town for having touched a little old lady on the arm when they were helping her to cross the street....