As they say: don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Quote:Dean of St Mary's Cathedral took own life after historical allegation
A Catholic priest hanged himself days after learning a historical "allegation" against him had been made to police, a coroner has found.
Canon Michael McCoy, who was 57, was found dead at an apartment in Newcastle on 10 April last year.
A "very brief account" was obtained from the complainant on 4 April and the priest was visited by officers on 6 April and told that a historical allegation had been made against him, and that he would be invited for a voluntary interview.
Det Sgt Julie Beattie, of Northumbria Police's child and adult protection department, said Canon McCoy was "upset" but said he would seek support from friends and colleagues, and no concerns were raised about his wellbeing.
Ms Richardson told Canon McCoy the diocese would look at alternative accommodation for him as "normally in these circumstances it's inappropriate for the priest to remain in that setting".
She said that did not need to happen in the coming days but he contacted her on 8 April to say he "couldn't stay in the cathedral any longer".
"He felt everybody knew and it was an impossible position," she said.
"He was in the cathedral but wasn't able to be involved in ministry - he found this upsetting and didn't feel he could stay."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-61340004
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
