A bishop who was convicted of importing child pornography into Canada has been stripped of his clerical duties.
The Holy See in Rome has dismissed Raymond Lahey from the clerical state.
“This decision reminds all of us of the serious harms that come from all forms of pornography, especially child pornography,” Antigonish Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn said in a statement.
In January, Mr. Lahey was sentenced to 15 months in jail and two years of probation after he was caught at the Ottawa airport in September 2009 with hundreds of pornographic images of young boys on his laptop and a handheld device. Read more