PENSACOLA (FL)
Pensacola News Journal
August 27, 2018
By Melissa Nelson Gabriel
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee said Monday that it has removed a well-known Pensacola priest from his office.
Sharmane Adams, spokeswoman for the diocese, said Bishop William Albert Wack had asked Monsignor James Flaherty to “step away from his duties” as the diocese’s judicial vicar, director of office of the tribunal, director of the lay formation institute and director of priestly formation.
Adams said Flaherty was removed within two days after a fellow priest and two parishioners approached the bishop with “non-specific concerns.”
“The issues were not mandatory to report because they were not involving sexual abuse of a minor,” she said.
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