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	Crown Stays Sex Charges against Priest Edmonton Journal September 29, 2009 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Crown+stays+charges+against+priest/2045896/story.html Charges against a local Ukrainian Catholic priest accused of two sex offences have been stayed. Rev. Donald Orest Bodnar was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference, which involves sexual contact with a minor, earlier this year. The case was set for trial Monday but the Crown instead stayed the charges. The Crown has one year to reinstate the charges if it wishes to bring the case to court. The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton said in a release earlier this year that the allegations were "in no way connected to his priestly ministry, but rather to a personal relationship." Bodnar was put on administrative leave from the church in January.
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