SCOTLAND
The Courier
A priest has been dismissed after being found guilty by the Catholic Church of “canonical offences”.
Father Thomas Mullen was removed from the church following an ecclesiastical investigation, though the Crown Office did not proceed with a prosecution.
Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, said the Holy See has been examining allegations of abuse involving minors with the “greatest care and urgency” in recent years.
Parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes in Dunfermline were told of the decision regarding Father Mullen on Sunday.
In a letter to parishioners, the Archbishop said: “With the canonical process now completed, I regret to inform you that, in a trial which finished recently in Rome, Father Mullen was found guilty of certain canonical offences.
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