RHODE ISLAND
WPRI
By Nancy Krause
Published: November 21, 2014
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Catholic priest Friday afternoon was released on bail after arraignment on five counts of first-degree sexual assault.
Eyewitness News has learned a grand jury recently handed up charges against Father Barry Meehan.
Meehan resigned from pastor of St. Timothy’s Church in Warwick in January 2013 and placed on administrative leave. At that time, the Catholic Diocese of Providence said it was the result of a credible allegation of sexual misconduct that allegedly took place more than 25 years ago.
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