St Joseph, Mo. ? The name of a priest who died in 2002 will be removed temporarily from the chapel at a Boy Scout camp, at the request of people who allege that the Rev. Sylvester Hoppe had sexually abused them years ago.

According to a news release issued by the Pony Express Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the board of directors voted Monday to make the change at Camp Geiger “pending further information regarding accusations of abuse” made against the priest.

Hoppe, ordained in 1946, served parishes throughout northwest Missouri and was active in Scouting for 75 years. The chapel at the camp in St. Joseph was named for him in 1999.

The priest had denied the allegations, and the Scouts have said there were no allegations about him while he was involved in Scouting.

David Clohessy, national director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, called Monday’s decision “encouraging.”