BANGOR — Police say a well-known minister accused of being a pedophile met with his accuser just hours before the minister jumped to his death from the Penobscot Narrows Bridge.
The Bangor Daily News says the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department has closed its investigation into the Rev. Bob Carlson’s death, which was ruled a suicide.
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Police began an investigation on Nov. 10, three days before Carlson’s death, after receiving an anonymous tip. The accuser’s family tells the newspaper that the man was 11 when he was first molested by Carlson.
Carlson helped found Penobscot Community Health Care and Hope House, a Bangor shelter for those with drug and alcohol addictions. He previously served as chaplain for Husson College as well as the Bangor and Brewer police and fire departments.
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