Retired Windsor-Essex priest facing sex-related charges has died

CTV
June 22, 2016

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A retired Windsor-Essex priest, who was facing several sex-related charges, has died.

Linus Bastien, 89, passed away on Sunday.

First arrested in 2011, Bastien was facing 30 criminal charges including; gross indecency, indecent assault and one count of sexual assault on a person under 14 years old.

His death means there will be no criminal trial, which was scheduled to begin in October.

He was also facing a civil lawsuit. Three men, who all allege they were abused by Bastien in the 1970s, launched a lawsuit  in November, 2015 for $3.1-million.