A Catholic priest took his own life days after learning police were investigating him over a ‘historic allegation’, a coroner has ruled. Canon Michael McCoy, 57, was found dead at his apartment in Newcastle on April 10 last year. An inquest heard that a week earlier, on April 3, an incident involving Mr McCoy had been reported to Northumbria Police. A ‘very brief account’ was obtained from the complainant a day later. Mr McCoy, who was Dean …