Dozier named in Richmond list of priests accused of child sexual abuse

By , Daily Memphian Updated: February 16, 2019 4:00 AM CT | Published: February 15, 2019 4:29 PM CT

The late Carroll T. Dozier, the first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis, is among 42 priests named this week by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, as having a "credible and substantiated" allegation of child sexual abuse against him.

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