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4 New Brunswick priests caught in sexual abuse allegations
In the latest series of pedophilia scandals plaguing New Brunswick's Catholic churches, four priests have been accused of sexual assault, including the former chaplain of the University of Moncton and Dorchester Penitentiary.

Two of the priests practised at St-Joseph Church in Shediac when the alleged abuse took place.

A lawsuit was filed against Rev. Paul Breau, the former chaplain, Rev. Yvon Arsenault and the Moncton Diocese, alleging the priests used their position of authority to engage in repeated sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old boy.

The boy was a young offender who had been ordered to do community work on church grounds, including raking leaves in the yard surrounding the St-Joseph parish. The two priests were responsible for supervising the young boy.

The abuse is alleged to have occurred over a two-year-period in the 1980s, in the residence of the priests.

The complainant, now 45, said he suffered severe damage as a result of the abuse, including depression and anxiety.

Former chaplain

Father Paul Breau occupied high-profile positions within the Moncton Diocese, including champlaincy at the University of Moncton and Dorchester Penitentiary.

Breau was still practising when the alleged accusations surfaced.

The Archbishop of Moncton, Valery Vienneau, has since removed him from his duties. In a statement, Vienneau said he was saddened by the news.

"While Father Breau had an excellent record, we will in accordance with our policy for the protection of minors and vulnerable persons suspend Father Breau from any further activities as a cleric pending the outcome of the court case," said Vienneau.  

Vienneau also said the Diocese has committed itself to stringent anti-abuse protocol, and has taken "unprecedented steps" to resolve claims of victims of sexual abuse, particularly those that came forward through the process spearheaded by former Supreme Court Judge Michel Bastarache.

The University of Moncton refused to comment on the allegations against its former chaplain, stating it does not comment on cases that are before court.Yvon Arsenault also faces a new lawsuit from another complainant, who alleges he was abused at the St-Joseph Parish when he was 12-years-old.

Arsenault faced a string of sexual abuse allegations in previous years, and was eventually removed from the church in 2013.

Moncton priest faces new sexual abuse allegations

2 Moncton priests removed amidst sex abuse allegations

He is expected at Moncton's Court of Queen's Bench on Oct. 24 to face those accusations.

Five lawsuits in three months

New accusations have also surfaced against priests in Bathurst and  Edmundston.

A lawsuit was filed against Rev. Normand Dugas of the Bathurst Diocese and two other priests who are now deceased.

The complainant alleges he was abused by the three priests in succession, starting when he was six-years-old and continuing until he turned 14.

Last month, two lawsuits were filed against former priest Rino Deschenes and the Edmundston Diocese, alleging he repeatedly abused two young boys, aged between nine and 13, when he was a priest at the Riviere-Verte Church.

According to the lawsuit, Deschenes admitted to the allegations in letters given to the victims.

Deschenes is currently in prison, after pleading guilty in 2015 to five sex-related charges, including indecency and sodomy. He was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ne ... ual-abuse-1.3794096

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San Diego priest faces charges for 'having sex with a woman he was religiously advising and paying her to keep quiet about their relationship'

A California priest is facing charges for allegedly having sex with a woman he was religiously advising.

Jacob Bertrand, 32, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree for allegedly having sex with the Minnesota woman in 2010, according to a complaint obtained by NBC Los Angeles.

Bertrand, who is a priest at the Diocese of San Diego, also allegedly paid the woman to keep her from talking about their relationship.

The complaint, which was filed in the County of Dakota in Minnesota, alleges that Bertrand and the woman met in 2009 while they were studying in Rome.

After they moved back to the US, Bertrand allegedly had sex with her while she was seeking religious advice from him, NBC reported.

In 2009, the two flew to Minnesota, where they allegedly stayed with the woman's relatives.  

The complaint also claims that two sexual encounters took place on that trip, including one in her parent's basement while he was performing mass, NBC reported.

He then allegedly told the woman that what happened was 'so mystical' that no one should know about it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ ... t-relationship.html

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驱魔命案今日开庭
说到“驱魔”，人们往往会想到黑暗的中世纪或好莱坞的恐怖片。然而，法兰克福目前进行中的一场庭审，却当真是发生在21世纪今天的一场真实事件。
（德国之声中文网）法兰克福地方法院正在审理因所谓"驱魔"引发的一起命案。检察官指控一个来自韩国的五口之家在酒店客房里为一名女性亲属举行"驱魔"仪式时，导致后者死亡。被告当中也包括死者的儿子。
"令人发指的施暴行为"
据称，上述韩国人对这名妇女施以疯狂暴力，并致其窒息死亡。检察官认为这是一起虐杀事件。除死者16岁的儿子之外，五名被告中还有两人属于未成年人，因此该案由青少年法庭负责审理。案发后，五名被告均被拘留至今。检察官称，对上述被告进行的心理评估显示，他们没有精神障碍，也没有其他可以减轻刑事责任能力的情节。
起诉书中称，2015年12月5日，遇害女性不知何故突然在酒店房间里开始自言自语并显得狂躁不安，于是，几名被告决定为其举行驱魔仪式。检方获得的信息显示，几名被告轮流抓着被害人的胳膊并将其按倒在地。
受害人窒息而死
黑森州最高检察官纳迪娅·尼森（Nadja Niesen）今年夏季提交起诉书时表示：五名被告折磨受害者至少两个小时以上，暴力程度足以导致其死亡。
经过一系列虐待行为，受害人因胸腔及喉咙受强力挤压导致死亡。尼森表示："所有被告无一例外均默许了受害人窒息而死的可能性。"检察机构表示，这一韩国家庭案发前六周刚刚来到法兰克福，他们计划在这里成立一家进出口贸易公司。该家庭先是在苏尔茨巴赫（Sulzbach in Taunus）租住一所民居，但稍后由于部分家庭成员怀疑这所房子里有鬼魂，所以他们又搬进了后来发生命案的酒店。
据说这些被告都是基督徒，但同时也深受萨满教和佛教影响。萨满教神父在举行仪式时会祭奠神灵，并请求神灵对人间诸事指点迷津。案发后，一名被告曾致电在德韩国新教锡安教团的神父，后者随即通知了酒店前台和警方。

达扬/洪沙 (德新社，法新社，德国福音通讯社）
http://www.dw.com/zh/%E9%A9%B1%E ... E5%BA%AD/a-36007645

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人格扭曲？惊爆菲律宾总统曾遭一神父猥亵性侵
菲律宾新总统杜特尔特上任100天来首度阐述他坎坷的童年经历。他称，曾遭到神父性侵，这件事影响了他的人格养成，并对他现在的想法和政策产生深远的影响。

综合媒体10月17日报道，有“制裁者”（The Punisher）封号的杜特尔特2015年12月，首度向媒体揭露童年时曾遭性侵的往事。他声称自己于1950年代晚期就读耶稣会经营的雅典耀中学（Ateneo de Davao High School）时，曾遭一名天主教神父“猥亵”。

他认为自己不是唯一的受害者，但因害怕，当时并未向有关方面举报。杜特尔特表示，过去的经历塑造出一个人的性格。这促使他发动反毒战争；截至目前，血腥扫毒已导致3700多人丧命。另据美国天主教新闻网站Crux报道，杜特尔特表示，“我那时年纪还小，害怕举报后可能出现的结果…我们当时能说什么呢？我们都很害怕。”

而面对军事政变、暗杀等不利传言，杜特尔特日前在文莱会见菲侨时强调自己没有野心，“我从政以来没输过任何一场选举，我现别无所求，只希望身体健康，做完人民交付的任务，那就是终止贪污、犯罪，让菲律宾人过舒适的生活。”
http://www.iask.ca/news/world/2016/10/403147.html

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夥記慢打鑼！打得鑼多鑼吵耳！打得更多夜又長。

鐘聲太吵 西班牙小鎮擬對教堂罰款
美聯社報導，西班牙小鎮莫斯托雷斯(Mostoles)正在考慮，要對一座中世紀教堂祭出1萬6千歐元(約1萬7,500美元)的罰款，因為教堂的鐘聲「太吵了」。

位於馬德里(Madrid)西南方的莫斯托雷斯鎮公所今天(18日)表示，在接獲居民檢舉之後，鎮上技師前往聖母升天教堂(Our Lady of the Assumption Church)量測鐘鳴音量，發現已比鎮上規範的55分貝，高出約30分貝。

專家表示，人們正常交談音量約在55至60分貝，航行中的飛機則會發出110至120分貝的噪音。

教區神父托瑞斯(Ignacio Torres)對「國家報」(El Pais)說，教堂的鐘自古至今持續在這座鎮上敲響，且通常只會在中午與傍晚彌撒前敲鐘。他表示，如果鎮公所真的罰款，他不知道教堂該如何付錢。
http://n.yam.com/rti/society/20161018/20161018933357.html

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回覆 684# leefeng

因為敲寺鐘運用咗剛柔並濟的道理, 敲寺鐘係用木棒嘅, 是故鐘聲較柔和



教堂鐘用clapper敲, 硬碰硬,金鐵交鳴殺氣大, 是故鐘聲刺耳

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乜投訴人唔可以係住係個鐘側邊架咩？地契寫明"呢撻地側跟唔准起教堂"嘅咩?

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您就住西翼啫,

我住東翼嘛, 仆街仲要3個鐘,送哂畀您嘞

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有人特登要鐘，
一個嫌少，卦多幾個添。
所以有人去搖滾重金屬音樂會
想听咪揸十零廿哩去咯

但係返東翼屋企, 同府上西翼嘅 neighbours, 都鍾意清靜嘛

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我唔係買嘅,
間祖屋係我老豆傳畀我嘅, 起得啱啱早過教堂兩個幾月

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文革結束得太早了
我係七十後

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好在我冇賣咗间祖屋畀教会咋

老家被兒賣了 老人家控牧師慫恿
〔記者王秀亭／台東報導〕台東縣海端鄉加拿村77歲布農族老人邱德山，原想終老一生的老家，卻被長年在北部的兒子，賣給隔壁的加拿教會，教會人員昨進行舊教堂拆除禮拜，邱家人以為要拆老屋，邱德山與女兒在家門口拉布條，表達不想離開的心聲，並指一切都是牧師胡阿南造成。
不捨與亡妻回憶要沒了
邱德山是海端鄉加拿村的布農族人，他住在當地的加拿教會旁，與妻子育有5女1男，妻子過世後，子女協議將房產交給老四邱萬新，並須負起照顧父親之責。
隔壁的加拿教會有意擴建，邱萬新同意出售，但教會須協助在邱家的另一塊自有土地蓋屋，其中一間套房供邱德山居住。
教會人員原本昨午要進行舊教堂拆除禮拜，邱德山及女兒、孫子以為要拆老屋，急得在屋外拉白布條，雙方發生口角。
邱德山說，老家是72年女兒們出錢出力，夫妻倆拿出畢生積蓄興建，充滿兩人的回憶，想不到幾個月前到女兒家養病，返家驚聞房子被賣給隔壁教會，雖然向牧師胡阿南強烈表達不賣老屋，甚至到海端鄉調解委員會調解，教會仍朝擴建方向前進，質疑房子拆了以後，該往哪裡去。
邱家老五邱春女說，哥哥長年在北部工作，很少回海端老家，以前教會也未曾有買屋想法，直到胡阿南到加拿教會才開始買屋。去年11月，父親與姊妹們已在屋外拉布條表達不肯賣，父親也不斷禱告，希望上帝保住他的家，教會卻直接和哥哥邱萬新洽談，且賣屋後，房產所有人是胡阿南，非教會所有。
教會：有另蓋屋供居住
胡阿南以另有其他會議為由，未出面回應。台灣基督長老教會加拿教會表示，教會於56年興建，當時僅供教友做禮拜用，空間已不敷使用，加上建築老舊，才向邱萬新購地，欲新建教會，該片土地為原住民保留地，只有原住民可買賣，胡阿南是教會負責人，同是布農族人，教友們同意後，以牧師名義購買，並在他地另建住宅，讓邱德山居住。
對邱德山及其女兒不滿，加拿教會希望邱家人可找時間坐下來溝通，教會願意協助，不會在新屋未完工前強迫邱德山搬家。
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/paper/1038051

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係呀,塊地喺教会隔離實畀教会陀衰個價, 平平都冇人要

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基督徒真係大銀晒

杀人后自称基督徒上诉 多伦多华裔男逃过遣返
一名多伦多华人男子陈某，由于犯下误杀罪面临遣返，但是他在遣返前风险评估过程中，自称是基督徒，以担心回国后遭到来自政府的迫害和死者家人的报复上诉，并被法官接受。现在，他的案子被发回移民官处重申，暂时躲过了遣返。据联邦法院官网公布的消息，陈某原籍中国福建省，在2007年11月份的时候，由继母（step－Mother）担保移民加拿大。2010年，时年18岁的陈某在多伦多市中心的一家酒吧里斗殴，打伤了一名20岁的华人男子朱某。朱某于次日不治身亡，而陈某闻讯后投案自首，并被警方控以误杀（manslaughter）的罪名。
2012年1月，法庭判决陈某误杀罪名成立，判以五年的监禁。由于陈某一直没有入籍，而且刑事犯罪并判刑六个月以上，所以他的永久居民身份被剥夺。同年11月，他收到了政府发来的驱逐令。
按照《移民与难民保护法》规定，因刑事犯罪被驱逐的人是不能上诉的，但是陈某申请了遣返前风险评估，这让让他没有立刻被遣返回中国。
陈某提出了三条不应被遣返的理由：
一、他是一名浸信派的基督徒，回国后会遭到政府的迫害。
二、受害人朱某的家人都在国内，陈回去后可能会遭到报复。
三、尽管陈已就误杀罪在加拿大服过刑，但是中国政府可能会根据该国法律重新控告他，而他则有可能因此再度坐牢。
不过，这三条理由并没有被移民官所接受。在2015年8月，陈的风险评估申请被拒。于是，他立刻向联邦法院提出上诉。
主审此案的联邦法官认为，移民官在估量遣返风险的时候，并没有考虑到他是基督徒这一因素。
该法官表示，有证据显示在陈的家乡福建，基督徒遭到包括：拘留、搜查、恐吓等迫害和骚扰，甚至被关进监狱和强制劳改。可移民官在写风险评估报告的时候，并没有提到这一点。
因此，法官裁定另一名移民官重申遣返前风险评估，而陈某也得以暂时逃过遣返的命运。
http://info.51.ca/news/canada/2016-11/473652.html

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多倫多名牧師被控70年代曾和少年發生性行為
[2016-11-14 10:36]

據加通社報道，多倫多著名牧師Rev. Brent Hawkes被指曾在上世紀七十年代在新斯科舍家中和一名少年發生性行為。今天，一名男子在這起案件的審訊上出庭作證。
這名男子說，他在上世紀七十年代時認識這名牧師，當時他是一名學生，這名牧師是the Annapolis Valley的一名中學籃球教練。
這名男子說，當時他約16歲，他目擊Hawkes在家中對他的一名朋友實施口交。
Hawkes對因該起指控受到的非禮（indecent assault）和嚴重猥褻（gross indecency）指控不認罪。
新斯科舍公共監控服務機構（Public Prosecution Service）說，被指受害者當時為15或16歲。
Hawkes是一名很有影響力的同性戀權益人士，他曾于2011年主持過前新民主黨黨魁林森（Jack Layton）的國葬。

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阿根廷發生有2名神父被指控，逼迫患有聽障問題的男童互相口交「吃香腸」，據悉至少有8名男童受害，兩位變態神父還讓其他神父與工作人員圍觀。

變態神父逼小童「互吃香腸」　讓成人圍觀
據《美聯社》報導，其中一名受害男學生的母親指控，這兩名分別為55歲神父柯巴喬(Horacio Corbacho)和82歲神父可拉迪(Nicolas Corradi)，在當地一所聽障學校內，對多名10~12歲的兒童性猥褻，並逼迫這些孩子們互相口交，她的兒子就是受害者之一，被逼著去「吃香腸」。案情也指出，這些孩子被帶到一個名為「上帝的小屋」裡面，神父們就開始對孩子們猥褻，甚至讓其他神父與職員旁觀。

目前柯巴喬和可拉迪以及另外兩名職員，被控性侵兒童罪名，學校也暫時停課。（施旖婕／綜合外電報導）
http://m.appledaily.com.tw/realt ... ew/20161201/1001916

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Argentina: 2 Priests Arrested for Allegedly Abusing Children
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two Roman Catholic priests have been arrested on suspicion of sexually and physically abusing at least eight children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities, Argentine authorities say.

The priests are Nicolas Corradi, 82, and Horacio Corbacho, 55. Three other men who worked at the school in northeastern Argentina were also arrested this week. The suspects have not yet commented publicly about the allegations.

The government of Mendoza province has suspended classes at the Antonio Provolo Institute, the school for children with hearing impairment. It has also banned faculty and staff from having any contact with students.

The Mendoza archbishop's office expressed solidarity with the victims and said it is cooperating with authorities.

The abuse allegations surfaced after a complaint by provincial lawmaker Daniela Garcia, who spoke to a witness through an interpreter.

"It was the first way so that other witnesses and victims could then come forward and denounce what was happening," Garcia said Wednesday.

Authorities are taking testimony from students as well as parents who suspect their children were subjected by the accused to oral sex, fondling and sexual intercourse over the past decade, Fabricio Sidoti, the investigating prosecutor told local radio.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/ ... e-arrests.html?_r=0

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Victim advocates: Pope told of priest arrested in Argentina

By Luis Andres Henao and Nicole Winfield | AP December 1 at 5:25 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Advocates for clerical sex abuse victims expressed outrage Thursday that a priest accused of sexually abusing deaf children in Italy wasn’t sanctioned by the Vatican and allegedly went on to abuse children in Pope Francis’ native Argentina.

Argentine police arrested the priest, 82-year old Nicola Corradi, this week. Corradi, priest Horacio Corbacho, 55, and three other men are accused of abusing at least eight children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in northwestern Mendoza province.

BishopAccountability.org, an online resource about clerical abuse, reported that Italian survivor groups told the Vatican in 2008 and 2014 about Corradi and others accused of molesting children at a school for the deaf in Verona.

“Words fail. It is appalling and heartbreaking that Corradi was not stopped by Pope Francis or by other Church authorities. Corradi’s presence at the school in Mendoza was no secret,” said Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.

“Thanks to the Church’s inaction, Corradi appears to have been able to replicate exactly the grotesque situation he enjoyed in Verona - a ring of child molesters in charge of utterly defenseless children who could neither hear nor speak. If the allegations are true, the Pope must accept responsibility for the unimaginable suffering of these new victims.”

The government of Mendoza province temporarily suspended classes at Antonio Provolo Institute, the school for children with hearing impairment. It also banned faculty and staff from having any contact with students.

The abuse allegations surfaced after a complaint by provincial lawmaker Daniela Garcia, who spoke to a witness through an interpreter.

Authorities are taking testimony from students as well as parents who suspect their children were subjected by the accused to oral sex, fondling and sexual intercourse over the past decade, said Fabricio Sidoti, the investigating prosecutor.

The Mendoza archbishop’s office has expressed solidarity with the victims and said it is cooperating with authorities.


Carlos Lombardi, an attorney who specializes in canon law, has blamed church officials in Mendoza province.

Lombardi, who also advises a group of survivors of clerical sex abuse, told local TV this week that he suspects Mendoza Archbishop Carlos Maria Franzini and his predecessor, Jose Maria Arancibia, knew that Corradi had been accused of sexually abusing children in Italy. He also argued they must have been aware of the abuse that Corradi is accused of committing in Argentina.

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Associated Press writer Luis Andres Henao reported this story in Buenos Aires and AP writer Nicole Winfield reported from Rome. AP writer Almudena Calatrava in Buenos Aires contributed to this report.

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Another former altar boy files sex abuse suit against a Guam priest

HAGATNA, Guam — Another former altar boy and Boy Scout has alleged he was sexually abused from 1969 to 1973 by former island priest Louis Brouillard.

The accuser said the priest was never formally disciplined by the Archdiocese of Agana or the Catholic Church, even decades after the priest told Bishop Apollinaris Baumgartner and other clergy on Guam. Baumgartner was bishop of Guam from 1945 to 1970. Brouillard was ordained a priest on Guam in 1948 and was here until 1981.

Norman J.D. Aguon, now 56, said he was between the ages of 13 and 17 when Brouillard repeatedly sexually molested and abused him.Aguon is now a resident of Milwaukie, Oregon. He lived in Malojloj during his childhood years, and served as an altar boy at the San Isidro Catholic Church in the village. Brouillard was a priest at the church and also a scoutmaster for the Guam chapter of the Boy Scouts of America.Attorney David Lujan filed the complaint on behalf of Aguon Wednesday afternoon, bringing to 11 the number of lawsuits filed so far against Guam Catholic priests and the Archdiocese of Agana. Lujan said on Thursday there will be more lawsuits filed.

The lawsuits are possible after Gov. Eddie Calvo signed a law on Sept. 23, lifting the civil statute of limitations for those accused of abusing children, as well as the institutions that supported them.

Brouillard, now 95 and living in Minnesota, has admitted to sexually abusing at least 20 minors on Guam.

The latest complaint says Brouillard would walk around naked during meetings with altar boys at the Carmelite Monastery Convent in Malojloj. It alleges that while watching movies at the convent, Brouillard squeezed next to Aguon, and started to molest and masturbate him. The complaint says Brouillard did the same with other altar boys in Aguon’s presence.

“This happened on numerous occasions,” the complaint states.

Over a four-year period, the complaint says, Brouillard sought and obtained the permission of Aguon’s parents for him to spend the night at the convent, where Brouillard sexually molested and abused him.

The complaint states Brouillard would take about a dozen boys, including Aguon, to go hiking, camping and swimming as part of Boy Scout activities. Brouillard routinely insisted Aguon and the others swim naked and, during these activities, Brouillard sexually molested and abused Aguon, the complaint says.

“Despite the prolonged and egregious sexual abuse, spanning a period of several decades, neither the Agana Archdiocese nor the Roman Catholic Church ever formally disciplined Brouillard and in fact have paid and continued to pay up through present time, sums of money to Brouillard on a regular basis, ostensibly under the guise of a retirement stipend,” the complaint states.

The complaint demands a jury trial and seeks an unspecified amount of damages for child sexual abuse, negligence, negligent supervision, negligent hiring and retention, and breach of fiduciary duty/confidential relationship.

The Archdiocese of Agana has offered prayers to all victims of clergy sexual abuse.


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Disgraced Ottawa priest accused of sexually assaulting yet another minor
A retired Ottawa priest, who has admitted he suffered from a powerful attraction to adolescents as a young cleric, appeared in court Friday on historical sexual assault charges.

Rev. Barry McGrory, 82, faces two counts of gross indecency and two counts of indecent assault in connection with offences alleged to have occurred in the late 1960s. The charges are based on the Criminal Code as it existed at that time.

McGrory, who now lives in Toronto, was released on a $10,000 bond and ordered not to communicate with the victim, or take work that would put him in a position of trust with anyone under the age of 16.

His case was remanded to December.

Outside court, McGrory, dressed in a blue blazer and grey pants, refused to tell reporters how he intended to plead in the case, saying: “It’s none of your business.”Ottawa police said Friday investigators are concerned there could be more potential victims out there.

The man newly alleging he was victimized by McGrory was 15 years old at the time of the alleged crimes. He lodged a complaint with Ottawa police in September — three months after the Citizen revealed the story of McGrory’s disturbing sexual misdeeds while pastor of the Holy Cross Parish in the 1970s and 80s.

Special report: Priest admits to sexual abuse for first time in Citizen interview

The new charges against McGrory stem from incidents alleged to have happened before the four sex-abuse cases described by this newspaper.

Colleen Passard, who was a young teen when she was manipulated and abused by McGrory in the mid-70s, said Friday the historic nature of the charges suggest that church officials might have prevented “lifelong trauma” had they only acted in his case.

“As I’ve said all along, the Catholic diocese has been aware since (McGrory) was a seminarian that he had psycho-sexual issues,” she said. “If they had acted it the first place, it would have saved so much pain and suffering.”

Passard said she was relieved that McGrory will finally have to face a judge. None of the allegations McGrory was charged with Friday has been proven in court.

In the late 1960s, McGrory was working at the Major Seminary of Ottawa and at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish on Alta Vista Drive.

In 1974, he was named pastor of the Holy Cross Parish, where he became a high-profile peace and social justice activist. He remained at the church until 1986.

Earlier this year, he admitted in an interview that he was then a sex addict and abused three young parishioners at the Holy Cross. He said then-archbishop Joseph-Aurèle Plourde knew he had sexual problems but did not send him for treatment despite his pleas.

McGrory was moved out of town, appointed president of an organization that aided remote Catholic missions in Canada.

Four years later, in 1991, McGrory was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old indigenous boy. He was convicted of that crime and handed a suspended sentence and three years’ probation.

The Archdiocese of Ottawa subsequently settled out of court with two of McGrory’s victims at Holy Cross. One of them was paid $300,000 in one of the largest clergy sex-abuse settlements negotiated by the diocese. Another Ottawa victim is now suing for $1.5 million.

McGrory previously told the Citizen that, as a young priest, he suffered from a sexual disorder from which he has since been cured. “There was this terrible dark side that I had to confront — and I just didn’t handle it well,” he said at the time.

McGrory said he was healed of his sex addiction and his attraction to adolescents after “surrendering” himself to God following the humiliation of his 1991 arrest. In Toronto, he belongs to a group called Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, which employs a 12-step program similar to that pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. It has helped him, he said, remain celibate for more than two decades.

Other possible victims of the priest have already contacted police. In late July, four people wrote to Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau through their lawyer, Rob Talach, alleging they had been victimized by McGrory. They all volunteered evidence against him.

“I can put an officer in contact with all four of these alleged victims, or alternatively, I can direct them to contact a specific assigned officer,” Talach wrote in the letter, obtained by the Citizen. “All we require is some guidance on how to get their evidence into the hands of police.”

However, for reasons that are not yet clear, neither Talach nor any of the four were contacted by investigators.

One of those people, an Ottawa woman who has asked to remain anonymous, said she has “waited a long time” to face McGrory in court. “I’m ready to go forward,” she said Friday.

The Archdiocese of Ottawa said in a news release it was “deeply saddened” by McGrory’s arrest and would co-operate fully with any ongoing investigation. A diocesan spokesman, Deacon Gilles Ouellette, noted that McGrory’s right to present himself as a Catholic priest was removed more than 20 years ago.

McGrory remains an official member of the priesthood, however, and has never been defrocked by the Vatican.

Ottawa born and raised, McGrory holds a PhD in theology from Thomas Aquinas University in Rome.

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