Former priest Daniel Mackay was convicted on three counts of
prostitution last year, specifically for soliciting a 17-year-old girl
for sex, but he’ll still be teaching at Lane Community College this fall
term, even though his conviction may fall under “potentially
disqualifying crimes” for employment, according to the school’s
background check policy.
Mackay taught at LCC for about a decade before his conviction as well
as at Northwest Christian University. He was suspended from teaching at
NCU after his arrest in 2016, says Patrick Walsh, the college’s senior
director of marketing and communications.
“After he was arrested, he did not teach here,” Walsh says. “He was
placed on administrative suspension pending the outcome of those
charges.” Walsh says all faculty members are on a one-year contract at
the school and Mackay did not make an attempt to renew his contract.
Mackay is now suspended from his duties as a priest, but worked at
St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church in the Whiteaker neighborhood.
Former Priest Teaches at LCC After Sex Solicitation Conviction – Eugene Weekly: Daniel Mackay
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