RHODE ISLAND
CT Post
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A priest has acknowledged he sexually abused a minor more than 30 years ago and resigned from two parishes in Woonsocket, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence said Monday.
In a statement the diocese said Monsignor John Allard was placed on administrative leave and has expressed remorse for the abuse.
State Police Maj. Michael Winquist said police received a letter from the diocese earlier this month that outlined the allegations.
Winquist said a boy who was one of Allard’s then-parishioners in Cranston was allegedly assaulted by him in 1981. The diocese said Allard served at Immaculate Conception in Cranston from 1975 to 1984.
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