MARYLAND
U.S. Catholic
SILVER SPRING, Md. (CNS) — Msgr. Edward J. Arsenault, president and CEO of St. Luke Institute in Silver Spring, has resigned in the wake of an investigation into an alleged inappropriate adult relationship and the uncovering of possible illegal financial dealings in the Diocese of Manchester, N.H.
The resignation of Msgr. Arsenault, a priest of the Manchester Diocese, was effective May 3. It was announced in statements issued by the institute and the diocese.
The investigation does not involve St. Luke Institute, a treatment facility for Catholic clergy and religious, the institute said in its statement.
Msgr. Arsenault held senior positions in the diocese from January 1999 to February 2009 and was the diocese’s principal spokesman at the height of the clergy sexual abuse scandal a decade ago. He joined St. Luke Institute in October 2009.
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