Thursday, March 04, 2004

Prosecutor presents case against retired bishop to grand jury

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) A county prosecutor said Thursday he will present to a grand jury sex-abuse allegations against retired Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre.

Dupre, 70, stepped down Feb. 11, citing health reasons. His retirement came a day after The Republican newspaper of Springfield confronted Dupre with allegations that decades earlier he had abused two boys while he was a parish priest.

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Please pray for this man, for his accusers and for the faithful of that diocese.

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