CBC News
May 4, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/05/04/bishop-raymond-lahey-trial-start-ottawa.html
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| Bishop Raymond Lahey (centre) arrives at an Ottawa court Wednesday for his child pornography trial. |
A Roman Catholic bishop facing charges of possessing and importing child pornography arrived at an Ottawa court to begin his trial Wednesday morning.
Raymond Lahey, former head of the diocese of Antigonish, N.S., was charged in September 2009.
He was arrested at the Ottawa airport while returning to Nova Scotia from a trip to Europe.
Border Services agents said Lahey was targeted after being evasive in response to their questions. They said Lahey's passport also revealed extensive travel to countries notorious as sources of child pornography.
A computer, several memory sticks and memory cards were seized and searched.
Police allege they found hundreds of files and dozens of videos on Lahey's laptop, some of them showing young males engaged in sex acts. Officers said a few of the boys looked to be as young as eight years old.
A native of Newfoundland and Labrador, Lahey resigned from the Antigonish diocese the day after he was charged.
In August 2009, he brokered a $15-million settlement for victims of sexual abuse by priests of the diocese of Antigonish dating back to 1950.
Lahey's trial is expected to last three days. He has been staying with other Ottawa priests since he was granted bail.
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