CTV Atlantic
Date: Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011 10:37 AM ET
A former priest has pleaded guilty to defrauding church parishes of more than $116,000 in several New Brunswick communities.
Yvon Doiron, 63, of Paquetville appeared in Campbellton provincial court today to face four counts of fraud.
Police say the incidents occurred at church parishes in Dalhousie, Charlo, Eel River Crossing and Dundee between 1997 and 2003.
Doiron now lives in Montreal, but he was working as a priest at the parishes at the time.
Police launched an investigation into the incidents in June 2006.
Doiron is due back in court on January 30 for sentencing.
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Priest defrauded N.B. churches
QMI Agency
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Yvon Doiron, originally of Paquetville, N.B., but currently living in Montreal, admitted to defrauding churches in Dalhousie, Charlo, Eel River Crossing and Dundee, N.B., of more than $116,000, police said.
The events occurred between 1997 and 2003, while the 63-year-old was working as a priest at those parishes.
Doiron appeared in court Tuesday and pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud.
He is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on Jan. 30, 2012.
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Priest guilty of fraud
26/10/2011 10:17:35 AM
CBC News
A 63-year-old man has pleaded guilty to defrauding four New Brunswick church parishes where he used to work as a priest.
Yvon Doiron, originally of Paquetville, changed his plea to guilty of four counts of fraud totalling more than $116,000, said District 9 RCMP Cst. Jacques Drapeau.
Doiron, who now lives in Montreal, did not appear in the Campbellton provincial court Tuesday, said Drapeau. His lawyer entered the change of plea for him. The case had been scheduled for a three-week trial.
The church parishes involved are in Dalhousie, Charlo, Eel River Crossing and Dundee.
The incidents occurred between 1997 and 2003, said Drapeau.
A police investigation was launched in June 2006 after a concerned parishioner, who noticed something wrong with the accounting books, contacted the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, he said.
Doiron is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 30.