MICHIGAN
Central Michigan Life
By Sydney Smith | Published 02/15/16
Before Father Denis Heames was removed from St. Mary’s University Parish, the Central Michigan University student he was having an affair with told a faculty member about their relationship.
That conversation launched a sexual harassment investigation through the Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity (OCRIE).
Though the office states it “endeavors to issue a determination” within 60 days of formally launching an investigation, its look into Heames’ behavior began in August 2015 and was completed last month.
Heames was named in a lawsuit filed Jan. 14 in Isabella County Court. Heames, along with St. Mary’s, the Diocese of Saginaw and his spiritual director, Trudy McCaffrey, are accused of battery, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and negligent supervision and retention.
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