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	Bishop to Live Among Priests in Ottawa While Porn Probe Continues By Bill Curry and Oliver Moore Globe and Mail October 10, 2009 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bishop-to-live-among-priests-in-ottawa -while-porn-probe-continues/article1319760/ Child-pornography experts with the Ottawa police are slowly working their way through all of the images on Bishop Raymond Lahey's seized computer, aiming to track down the sources of the photos and whether any of the children can be found. The process could take months. But as the police investigation and legal case continues, the Halifax bishop will live among priests on a quiet street in a southern Ottawa neighbourhood. As an act of "Christian charity," a former colleague who once worked closely with Bishop Lahey in Halifax has offered the clergyman a place to stay. Reports that Bishop Lahey would reside at a monastery in Rogersville, N.B., sparked a hostile reaction from some residents of the small community south of Miramichi. The Archbishop of Ottawa, Terrence Prendergast, agreed to take in Bishop Lahey. "When Bishop Raymond Lahey called our diocesan offices on Wednesday afternoon, he was facing very few - practically no - options with respect to a residence in Ottawa," Archbishop Prendergast wrote in a statement that pledges co-operation with authorities. The Ottawa archbishop was once a top-ranked cleric in Halifax and close to Bishop Lahey. He was one of two senior clergymen who escorted Bishop Lahey to the ceremony in which he was made bishop of Antigonish in 2003. Bishop Lahey resigned the post the day after he was charged with possessing and importing child pornography. "I am aware, of course, of the serious charges pending against Bishop Lahey," the statement continued. "I am also aware of how this matter has deeply saddened and shaken our Catholic brothers and sisters, including those of us in ordained ministry." Bishop Lahey, 69, surrendered his passport and did not speak at a bail hearing yesterday, showing no expression as he left the courtroom wearing a black sweater vest over a white dress shirt. He is required to report to authorities every two weeks. Bishop Lahey was returning from London on Sept. 15 when border officials at the Ottawa airport selected him for secondary screening, which included a search of his laptop. Detective Dan Melchiorre of the Ottawa Police's Internet child-exploitation unit told reporters yesterday that he and his colleagues can tell the difference between child porn downloaded from the Internet and a photo taken and stored on a computer. Should police find evidence of the later, it could lead to further charges. "If we can identify - and not just in this case, in any type of these kind of charges - that pictures were taken, well, that's another charge of the production of child pornography," Det. Melchiorre said. "So there's other charges that can be laid, yes." His comments in response to potential local concerns suggested no such evidence has so far been found. "There's no charges of any sexual assault of any kind, so I can put [the neighbouring community] at ease for that at [this] point," he said.
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