Father Edward Arsenault finds a new home...

La Salette Journey ^ | April 25, 2014 | Paul Melanson

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Catholic World News reports:

"A former chancellor of the Manchester, New Hampshire diocese, who last year resigned from his post as president of the St. Luke Institute, has been sentenced to a 4-year prison term after pleading guilty to theft charges.

Msgr. Edward Arsenault admitted to stealing funds from the Manchester diocese, from the estate of a fellow priest, and from a hospital where he had served on the board. Under a plea-bargaining agreement he will serve 4 years in a New Hampshire prison.

As chancellor of the New Hampshire diocese, Msgr. Arsenault was the top aid to Bishop John McCormack at the height of the sex-abuse scandal. Later he become the chief executive of the St. Luke Institute, the Maryland facility that has treated many priests charged with sexual abuse. He resigned from that post when it was made public that he was the focus on an investigation prompted by reports of financial misconduct and an inappropriate relationship with another adult."

See here:

Nearly ten years ago I was warning readers of this Blog about the Saint Luke Institute. In one post, which may be found here

I wrote: "The more I uncover about the notorious St. Luke Institute in Maryland, the more concerned I become."

Readers of this Blog know that another employee of the Saint Luke Institute, Father Joseph Bachand, who pretty much torpedoed my vocation with the La Salette Missionaries, accused me of engaging in "evil" for opposing women's ordination. See here

As I explained in one post back in 2005:

Fr. Joseph Bachand, a La Salette priest who wrote me a hate-filled email denouncing me for questioning the fidelity of the La Salette Missionaries, works at the St. Luke Institute in Maryland. Many priests accused of abusing children are sent to this facility...