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	Former Ontario Priest Remains in Jail on Haitian Child Abuse Charges. Kelowna November 20, 2009 http://www.kelowna.com/2009/11/20/former-ontario-priest-remains-in-jail-on-haitian-child-abuse-charges/ WINDSOR, Ont. – A former Catholic priest charged with molesting teenage boys at the mission the Canadian founded in Haiti will remain in jail for another week while a justice of the peace decides whether to release him on bail. John Duarte, 43, is charged with nine counts of sexual exploitation involving boys aged 12 to 17 in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and the tiny fishing village of Labadie. Hearts Together for Haiti, a charity Duarte founded, operated schools, a health clinic and a sponsorship program for impoverished families. Canadian law allows citizens to be prosecuted in Canada for sex offences against children committed elsewhere. Duarte was arrested Oct. 20 in the Dominican Republic where he had been living. Canadian authorities picked him up there Oct. 26. He has been held at a Windsor, Ont., jail throughout his bail hearing, which was held Nov. 13 and adjourned to Thursday. All testimony and evidence presented at the hearing is subject to a publication ban.
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