Retired Maine Priest Investigated for Sexual Abuse

By Meghan Hayward
WABI
February 11, 2012

http://www.wabi.tv/news/27571/retired-maine-priest-investigated-for-sexual-abuse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has completed their initial investigation of a sexual abuse complaint against a retired priest.

The complaint against priest 68-year-old Antonin " Tony" Caron was brought forward in November.

It claims the incidents happened between 1982 and 1986 while he was a priest at Our Lady of Ransom Parish in Mechanic Falls and St. Gregory in Gray.

Caron was ordained in 1969.

Bishop Richard Malone says he retired due to medical reasons prior to being acquitted of sexual abuse during a criminal trial in 1994.

Malone says he had limited ministry, but in March of 2000 he was temporarily suspended for involvement in a pornographic website.