Charges Dropped against Priest

The Daily Observer
November 13, 2013

http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/2013/11/13/charges-dropped-against-priest

PEMBROKE - Charges against a former Pembroke priest have been dropped.

The Crown formally withdrew two charges against Father Howard Chabot on Tuesday in a Pembroke provincial court. Crown attorney Jason Nicol told the court the charges were being withdrawn because there was “no reasonable cause for conviction.”

Justice Robert Selkirk consented to the Crown's request. Chabot, 73, had been arrested July 29 and charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of gross indecency. He had been represented by defense counsel Mark Huckabone.