CANADA
Cape Breton Post
ANTIGONISH — The Vatican has dismissed Raymond Lahey from the clerical state.
This will mean that the former bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish will no longer function as a cleric, will no longer have the rights and duties of being a cleric, is not permitted to exercise any ecclesiastical offices or functions and is not permitted to preside at any of the sacraments or religious services.
However, any sacraments that he performed prior to this decision continue to be valid.
Lahey was convicted of possessing child pornography.
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