Canada.com
October 6, 2009
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| Former Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey, who faces criminal charges of possessing and importing child pornography, is expected to take up residence in Ottawa this week. Photo by Chris Wattie, Reuters |
Former Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey, who faces criminal charges of possessing and importing child pornography, is expected to take up residence in Ottawa this week.
"He notified the investigator this morning that he will be moving to the Ottawa region," Ottawa Police spokesman Const. Alain Boucher said Tuesday.
An application was also filed Tuesday in Ottawa court to change three of Lahey's bail conditions, including: where he is to reside and the police department to which he will report.
Global News reported Tuesday Lahey will live at a monastery in the Ottawa area.
Lahey, 69, is also expected to be required to surrender his passport after that condition was overlooked during a court appearance last week.
Boucher said Lahey will still report to RCMP in Rogersville, N.B., on Wednesday as part of his standing bail conditions, which also forbids him from using the Internet or attending any public parks, libraries or places where children frequent.
He will be back in an Ottawa court on Thursday.
Lahey was freed on $9,000 bail last week in Ottawa after being charged on Sept. 25 with possession and importation of child pornography following a search of his laptop computer at the Ottawa airport.
The day after he was charged, he resigned as the bishop of Antigonish, N.S., where he just finished overseeing a historic, $15-million, out-of-court settlement with people who were sexually abused as children by a former priest at the diocese.
The ex-bishop's current location is unknown despite numerous reports that stated he would be living at a rural New Brunswick monastery while awaiting trial.
However, the head priest of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Calvary, in Rogersville, N.B. said Monday he hadn't seen Lahey in nearly a week and has not heard from Ottawa police or prosecutors about any court-ordered plan for the former bishop to reside at the historic lakeside abbey.
Lahey's lawyer, Michael Edelson, confirmed Tuesday he knew where his client was located but refused to say where.
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