Bishop Thomas Dupre.Bishop Thomas Dupre Bishop Thomas L. Dupre is a former Catholic bishop of the Springfield, Massachusetts diocese. He resigned in February 2004 and fled, hours before the Republican newspaper of Springfield publicized an accusation that he had molested two teenage boys. of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in Massachusetts, United States. It is the county seat of Hampden County.GR6 In the 2000 census, the city population was 154,082. was charged in September with two counts of rape, making him the first U.S. bishop to face criminal charges in the ongoing sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Republican (Springfield), Dupre will not be prosecuted on the indictments because the statute of limitations A type of federal or state law that restricts the time within which legal proceedings may be brought. Statutes of limitations, which date back to early Roman Law, are a fundamental part of European and U.S. law. has expired on the crimes alleged to have taken place with minor boys in the 1970s. Dupre resigned his Springfield office in February one day after the paper confronted him with the allegations. He is still a bishop in good standing and is receiving retirement benefits. |
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