From Maine-A priest who has been serving St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Augusta is on administrative leave after police charged him and two inmates at a regional jail with trafficking drugs there.
Meanwhile, a retired Augusta minister said she warned the priest not to initiate the friendship with one of the inmates he's accused of giving drugs to.
The Rev. Stephen Foote, 70, of Bremen, faces a Class C charge of trafficking in prison contraband at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Charged with Class D counts of attempted trafficking in prison contraband are jail inmates Joshua Theriault-Patten, 25, of Bremen, and Adam Shawley, 27, of Newport.
Authorities said the arrests and charges stemmed from a joint, monthlong investigation involving the sheriff's office, the jail and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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