CANADA
London Free Press
By Doug Hempstead, QMI Agency
Last Updated: May 16, 2012 4:26pm
Disgraced Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey, convicted in January of importing child pornography, has been dismissed from the clerical state.
The announcement came today from Lahey’s former diocese in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
In a statement released to the media, the diocese explained Lahey can no longer work as a cleric or preside over religious services and sacraments following the decision by the Holy See in Rome.
It is among the most serious penalties in the Catholic Church.
“This decision reminds all of us of the serious harms that come from all forms of pornography, especially child pornography,” Antigonish Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn said in a statement.
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