Linus Bastien, an 89-year-old charged with several sex-related offences he was alleged to have committed while serving as Catholic priest in southern Ontario decades ago, has died.

Police charged Bastien, of Chatham, Ont., with several offences over the years, dating back to the 1950s.

Locally, Bastien was assigned to St. Mary's Parish in Maidstone and St. Paul's Catholic Church in LaSalle.

Bastien's case had been moving through the justice system at the time of his death.