MICHIGAN
Grand Haven Tribune

BECKY VARGO
GRAND HAVEN

Father Bill Langlois, 68, is taking time away from the St. Patrick’s/St. Anthony’s Parish in Grand Haven for “prayer, reflection and counseling,” said Carl Apple, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.

Apple declined to say where Langlois was headed, only that he would be gone for six months.

“He didn’t do anything illegal,” Apple said. “There’s no criminal activity of any kind.”

Apple said the reason the relationship is called inappropriate is because Langlois took a vow of celibacy when he entered the priesthood.

“Priests lead a chaste life,” he said.