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	Three Priests Face Sex Charges By Paul Turenne Winnipeg Sun [Canada] January 12, 2007 http://winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2007/01/12/3320420-sun.html Winnipeg police formally laid charges yesterday against three Sikh priests arrested last month amid allegations of sexual abuse, and were therefore able to release their names publicly. Bakhshish Singh, 47, Kuljit Singh, 43, and Dalbag Singh, 37 -- all priests at the Gurdwara Nanaksar temple in St. Vital -- have been charged with sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference and sexual exploitation. Kuljit and Dalbag Singh are each additionally charged with anal intercourse. The priests are alleged to have abused a Winnipeg man when he was a boy at the temple over a period of more than five years, from June 1990 to January 1996. None of the allegations has been proven in court. Sheldon Pinx, the lawyer representing all three men, said last month that his clients maintain their innocence and deny all charges. The priests were first arrested Dec. 23 and are set to appear in court next month. A police spokeswoman said yesterday that more arrests are pending in relation to the case. The allegations have sparked shock among the Sikh community in Winnipeg and beyond. Some Sikhs have identified the Gurdwara Nanaksar temple as that of a sect outside mainstream Sikhism. The temple is one of only 17 in the world affiliated with the Nanaksar Satsang Sabha organization.
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