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	Canadian Missionary Accused of Abusing Teenage Boys in Haiti, Report Says The Canadian Press October 22, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iE6DZvilg5FqT6fIYuBaEchbcUng SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Police say a Canadian missionary who worked as a priest in Windsor, Ont., has been arrested in the Dominican Republic. Jonathan Arias of the police force in the Dominican city of Puerto Plata says John Duarte, also identified in local media reports as Joao Jose Correira Duarte, was arrested Tuesday. Arias says Duarte was apprehended near Puerto Plata and is currently in police custody in Santo Domingo. A published report in the online edition of the Dominican newspaper Hoy says Duarte is facing 12 sexual assault charges relating to the alleged abuse of teenage boys in neighbouring Haiti. The report identifies Duarte as a Portuguese-born orphanage administrator who has worked in Haiti since 1995. Prior to that, a former parishioner says he was a pastor at a church in the southwestern Ontario border city of Windsor. The Hoy report says Duarte was arrested under a warrant issued in Ontario and is now facing extradition to Canada. Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs would only confirm that a Canadian citizen has been arrested and released no other details. Authorities have arrested a number of men in recent years accused of taking advantage of the deep poverty in Haiti to abuse children. -With files from The Associated Press
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