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	Orthodox Archbishop Takes Leave over Probe Montreal Gazette October 6, 2010 http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Orthodox+archbishop+takes+leave+over+probe/3629200/story.html A high-ranking Canadian archbishop has taken a leave of absence in the wake of a police investigation over accusations of sexual abuse dating back nearly 30 years. Archbishop Seraphim Storheim -the Canadian head of the Orthodox Church in America -requested the three-month leave from his Ottawa office late last month over a Winnipeg police investigation. According to SNAP Orthodox, an American advocacy group for abuse survivors, the claims involve two men who allege the abuse happened in the early 1980s, when the pair visited Winnipeg as 10-year-old boys. Storheim served as rector of Holy Trinity Sobor in Winnipeg betweenDecember 1984 and June 1987. In a letter posted on SNAP's website yesterday, the organization said the abuse claims came to the attention of the church more than 20 years ago. The Alberta-born Storheim was ordained as a priest in New York in 1979, his biography says. He has also worked at churches in Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Sask., and London, Ont., as well as locations in Europe and the U.S.
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