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	Lahey Welcomed by Ottawa Archdiocese CBC News October 9, 2009 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/10/09/ottawa-lahey-ottawa-diocese.html Ottawa's archbishop is welcoming a Nova Scotia bishop facing child pornography charges into a priest's residence run by the Ottawa archdiocese. "In Christian charity, and believing that it was the action that the Lord would want us to take, I have accepted that he stay at our priests' residence on Kilborn Place," Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast said Thursday in a message to his priests explaining his decision concerning Raymond Lahey, formerly bishop of Antigonish. "I thank the priests of our residence for their generous spirit in receiving him in our midst." Lahey was scheduled to appear for a court hearing Friday in Ottawa to request a change to his bail conditions allowing him to live in the city, where he is to be tried on charges of possessing and importing child pornography. The charges were laid on Sept. 25, 10 days after Lahey's laptop was seized at the Ottawa airport. Lahey announced his retirement the next day, saying he was stepping down "for personal renewal." Prendergast said he is aware of the serious charges and pledges co-operation with justice officials. However, he also said that when Lahey called the diocesan offices on Wednesday afternoon, he was "facing very few — practically no — options with respect to a residence in Ottawa." Lahey turned himself in to Ottawa police on Oct. 1 and was released on $9,000 bail the same day. His bail conditions currently require him to live in Rogersville, N.B., but he has indicated that he would like to live in Ottawa. He has lived there once before, while studying at St. Paul's University.
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