RHODE ISLAND
WPRI
By Shaun Towne
Published: May 8, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Rhode Island priest charged with five counts of first degree sexual assault has been defrocked.
Barry Meehan was dismissed from the priesthood Thursday, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.
Police said he was assigned to St. Mary’s in Cranston when one assault happened, then at St. Augustine’s in Providence when the others took place.
Meehan was removed from active ministry in 2013.
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