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	Former Mattawa Priest to Appear Next Month North Bay Nugget November 21, 2009 http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2186974 A Pembroke priest facing a number of sex-related charges in relation to five alleged victims will next appear in court Dec. 8. The date for Monsignor Robert Borne was set following a prehearing this week between the Crown attorney and defence counsel. The 61-year-old Roman Catholic priest is facing 19 charges including gross indecency, sexual exploitation, indecent assault and breach of trust, in connection with incidents that are alleged to have occurred between 1977 and 1993. The Renfrew County Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police began its investigation January 2008 after receiving a complaint that a sexual assault allegedly occurred while a then teenage boy visited Borne. Other people came forward to police as a result of the original investigation. He was initially charged in April in relation to three alleged victims. In June, police began looking into complaints that he allegedly sexually assaulted other teenage boys. He was arrested June 5 when he turned himself in at the Renfrew OPP detachment. Borne, a Pembroke native, was ordained April 20, 1974. He was a curate in Mattawa in 1974 and 1975. From 1975 until 2003 he served in a number of administrative roles including chancellor of the diocese, secretary to the bishop and curate at Our Lady of Lourdes. In 2003, Borne became pastor of St. James Parish in Eganville and Nativity of Our Lady Mission in Golden Lake.
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