MAINE
Portland Press Herald
By From staff and news services,
An 80-year-old priest who was removed from the ministry because of accusations that he sexually abused minors in Maine has died in Lithuania, the Portland Diocese said Wednesday.
Raymond Lauzon died Monday following a brief illness. At Lauzon's request, his funeral and burial took place in Lithuania on Tuesday. Word of his death was sent to the Portland Diocese from the Franciscan Province of St. Casimir in Lithuania.
Lauzon's name surfaced publicly as the Portland Diocese and others around the country confronted a wave of sexual-abuse allegations spanning recent decades.