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	Ex-halifax Archbishop Welcomes Lahey to Ottawa Diocese By Patricia Brooks Arenburg The Chronicle-Herald October 9, 2009 http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9013582.html Raymond Lahey has a place to lay his hat — in the diocese of his friend, the former archbishop of Halifax Terrence Prendergast. 10.10.2009Now the Archbishop of Ottawa, Rev. Prendergast issued a news release explaining his decision to allow the troubled former bishop to stay in a priests' residence on Kilborn Place. "When Bishop Lahey called our diocesan offices on Wednesday afternoon, he was facing very few — practically no — options with respect to a residence in Ottawa," the archbishop wrote. "In Christian charity, and believing that it was the action that the Lord would want us to take, I have accepted that he stay (there)." Mr. Lahey, who is currently facing child pornography charges in Ottawa, was released on bail and ordered to live at a New Brunswick monastery. The Catholic institution refused his entry and Ottawa police said the accused was looking to stay in that city. Archbishop Prendergast wrote that he was aware of the charges and "aware of how deeply this matter has saddened and shaken our Catholic brothers and sisters." "I ask you to join me in seeking that strength and peace which only Jesus Christ can give and to support each other in prayer." The archbishop also "pledged our complete co-operation with those responsible for the administration of justice in this case." The archdiocese refused to comment further. Rev. Prendergast served as Archbishop of Halifax from 1999 to 2007, when he was appointed Archbishop of Ottawa. In June 2003, Rev. Prendergast and a representative of the pope led Rev. Lahey to the bishop's chair in a ceremony installing him as Bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish. Mr. Lahey was in charge of 130,000 Catholics in Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough and Cape Breton and made him chancellor of St. F.X. university. Contact: pbrooks@herald.ca
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