MOUNT CLEMENS (MI)
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit says it has temporarily suspended a priest at a Mount Clemens church where a parishioner is accused of sexually assaulting a girl.
The archdiocese says it’s “appalled this could happen.” It says there are no allegations the Rev. Michael Cooney was involved in an assault but says he’s “accountable for his response.”
The archdiocese says the 63-year-old priest said in December authorities were investigating a reported sexual assault on the property of St. Peter Parish.
In a letter to parishioners Sunday, Bishop Michael Byrnes says the archdiocese questions why Cooney didn’t make a prompt police report.
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