He did his pastoral work at the Church of the Crucifixion at 8th and Bainbridge Streets in South Philadelphia, where he met his future wife Christine.
The couple returned from Liberia to Philadelphia in 1954 because their son Paul Marc was suffering from repeated malaria attacks.
In 1962, Washington was made rector of the George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia,[3] a position he held for 25 years until his retirement in 1987.
The Commission found the bombing "unconscionable" and suggested methods the city of Philadelphia might use to prevent similar future situations.
In 1994, the Temple University Press published "Other Sheep I Have": the Autobiography of Father Paul M. Washington, written with David McI.
[8] The ordination sermon was, however, delivered by a layman, Charles V. Willie who, at the time, was Vice President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church.
The group's trip was in conscious defiance of a ban on travel to Iran and exposed each delegate to fines of up to $50,000 and imprisonment for up to 10 years.
[20] The Father Paul M. Washington Papers are held by the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries.