DETROIT (MI)
WXYZ
DETROIT (WXYZ) – The Archdiocese of Detroit has announced that a retired priest has been restricted from all public ministry following an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor.
A news release about the allegations says the Archdiocesan Review Board has deemed that the allegation is substantive.
The Archdiocese says the allegation against 79-year-old Fr. Louis Grandpre concerns the early years of his service in the Detroit archdiocese.
The news release says civil authorities have been notified.
The Archdiocese says Fr. Louis was educated at the Detroit’s Sacred Heart Seminary, the University of Detroit, Georgetown University in Washington, DC, St. John’s Provincial Seminary in Plymouth and Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
He was ordained in 1961. That was also the year he became the Associate Pastor and Epiphany Parish in Detroit.
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