MASSACHUSETTS
Wicked Local Norwell
By Lane Lambert
The Patriot Ledger
NORWELL – The Vatican has defrocked a former pastor of the Saint Helen Mother of the Emperor Constantine parish in Norwell for the abuse of a minor.
Boston Archdiocese spokesman Terrence Donilon said at noon Thursday that Thomas H. Maguire has been “dismissed from the clerical state.”
“He may no longer function in any capacity as a priest,” Donilon said.
Maguire had been pastor at the Norwell parish for 11 years, from 2001 to 2012. He went on voluntary leave in October 2012, when he was accused of inappropriate behavior in the presence of minors.
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