Ethics Fine Taken Off Board For State Supreme Court Judge

(Providence, RI)--A Rhode Island Supreme Court judge has won an appeal in an ethics violation case.A Superior Court judge on Friday reversed a decision from the RI Ethics Commission last year that gave Francis Flaherty a two-hundred-dollar fine.This was for a 2016 complaint that accused Flaherty of failing to disclose a leadership position he held for a Catholic non-profit organization while also ruling on a case involving alleged priest sexual abuse.If the Ethics Commission appeals the newest ruling, it would be to Flaherty and the rest of the state Supreme Court.


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