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[Audit Records: Diocese of Manchester and New Hampshire Attorney General – summary audit records on LeDoux – BishopAccountability.org]
[case file – BishopAccountability.org]
[Audit Records: Diocese of Manchester and New Hampshire Attorney General – entire Manchester audit archive – BishopAccountability.org]
By VINCE SULLIVAN
vsullivan@delcotimes.com
@vincesullivan
CHESTER — A Franciscan friar who served as dean of Widener University’s School of Education before abruptly resigning in July was accused by a teenage boy of sexual abuse while he served at a Catholic parish in New Hampshire.
In July, Widener officials were tipped off to the allegations and informed Ledoux that he would suspended until an investigation could be completed, according to university Director of Public Relations Dan Hanson.
“University officials immediately met with (Ledoux) about the allegations and told him he would be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation,” Hanson wrote in an email Friday. “Dr. Ledoux chose to resign instead.”
The accusations were first levied by a man who said Ledoux had performed oral sex on him while he was a teenager in the 1980s. The alleged victim came forward in the 2000s, according to a complaint form filed with the Diocese of Manchester.
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