By Benjamin Shingler
Telegraph-Journal
May 31, 2010
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/actualites/article/1072491
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| The parish priest of Riviere-Verte and Ste-Anne-de-Madawaska, Father Joseph Numbi Phaku Mavambu, has been suspended for a period by the Edmundston diocese. |
A Roman Catholic priest in northwestern New Brunswick has been suspended indefinitely by the Diocese of Edmundston.
Father Joseph Numbi Phaku Mavambu, the parish priest of Riviere-Verte and Ste-Anne-de-Madawaska, was discretely removed from his post earlier this month.
Parishioners were advised of the suspension last Sunday through a letter from Edmundston bishop Msgr. Claude Champagne.
In the letter, Champagne stated that "serious allegations" have been made against Mavambu.
He said that the allegations will be investigated and that Mavambu should be considered innocent until proven guilty.
Champagne did not elaborate about the nature of the allegations and declined on Friday to comment further on the situation.
The RCMP would not confirm whether Mavambu is the subject of any investigation.
Mavambu moved to the region in the mid-1990s, and has worked as the parish priest for both villages since 2001.
- with files from Canadaeast News Service
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