“Priest suspended in St. John’s parish following complaint” & related articles

The Telegram (Newfoundland)

Published on March 09, 2014

More allegations of wrongdoing have been made in connection to activities within a St. John’s Catholic parish.

On Saturday, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s announced in a news release that Father Wayne Dohey has been removed from his duties as a parish priest for St. Patrick’s Parish. Archbishop Martin Currie also suspended Dohey from all ministerial duties pending the outcome of an investigation.

The archdiocese did not specify the nature of the investigation, but it did state the complaint made against Dohey is unrelated to charges recently laid in court for alleged embezzlement activity at St. Patrick’s Parish.

Dianne Coady is facing charges of fraud, theft and forgery. Those charges were laid following a forensic audit of parish finances. According to another news release, the parish priest reported to the archdiocese about suspected fraudulent activity in August of 2012.

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St. Patrick’s Parish Priest Suspended

VOCM (Newfoundland)

Sunday , March 9 2014 | 3:57:56 PM

Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Church will be waking up to some startling news this morning. Roman Catholic Archbishop Martin Currie has removed Father Wayne Dohey from his position as parish priest at St. Patrick’s Church in the west end of downtown St. John’s.

Father Dohey has been suspended from all ministerial duties pending an investigation into a complaint received.

The Archdiocese issued a release last night stating the complaint is not related to recent charges laid in connection with the alleged embezzlement of funds from St. Patrick’s Parish. Few other details are currently available.

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Father Wayne Dohey has been removed as the parish priest for St. Patrick’s Parish, pending the investigation of a complaint. (Courtesy Archbishop Howley Assembly)

A Roman Catholic priest has been suspended from his position at a St. John’s church.

Archbishop Martin Currie has removed Father Wayne Dohey as parish priest for St. Patrick’s Parish, pending an investigation into a complaint.

Archbishop Currie’s decision to suspended Dohey from all ministerial duties was made public in a statement issued on March 7 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s.

The statement did not identify the nature of the complaint, but confirmed there is no connection to recent charges that relate to an alleged embezzlement of funds at the same parish.

In 2007, Dohey was charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation. However, those charges were dismissed.

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RELEASE FOR PARISHES

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s website (Newfoundland)