CANADA
The Telegram
Andrew Robinson
Published on March 10, 2014
A Roman Catholic priest has been removed from his position as parish priest and suspended from all ministerial duties while the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s investigates an allegation of wrongdoing.
The church won’t say what the nature of that allegation is. In a statement released Saturday, the archdiocese did clarify that the complaint made against Father Wayne Dohey of St. Patrick’s Parish in St. John’s is not related to a court case involving the alleged embezzlement of parish funds.
Archbishop Martin Currie addressed the matter during mass Sunday at St. Patrick’s Church and spoke with reporters following the service.
“We received a complaint, and according to our protocol now, when we receive a complaint — because in the past we were accused of not acting on complaints and following up on them — so the minute we received a complaint, we have suspended Father (Dohey) from the ministry and removed him from the parish here, as the investigation is ongoing,” Currie said.
For now, the archdiocese is handling the investigation itself. Currie said he hopes to see the investigation conclude “quite quickly.”
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