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[Audit Records: Diocese of Manchester and New Hampshire Attorney General – summary audit records on LeDoux – BishopAccountability.org]
[case file – BishopAccountability.org]
[Audit Records: Diocese of Manchester and New Hampshire Attorney General – entire Manchester audit archive – BishopAccountability.org]
By John Toole jtoole@eagletribune.com
DERRY — An allegation of sexual abuse dating to the late 1980s in St. Thomas Aquinas Parish has forced a Franciscan priest from his college administrative post in Pennsylvania.
The Rev. Michael Ledoux, 55, never admitted doing anything wrong and has said he was innocent as recently as last week.
But when confronted with the possibility of an investigation into the matter by his superiors at Widener University last summer, Ledoux resigned his post, Widener spokesman Dan Hanson said yesterday.
“He was told he would be placed on administrative leave, pending the investigation,” Hanson said. “He chose to resign.”
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