CANADA
Toronto Star
Richard J. Brennan
National Affairs Writer
The name on the local arena in the French language New Brunswick village of Cap-Pelé was a constant reminder of a time that town residents and victims of the late Father Camille Léger would rather forget.
While memories can’t be erased, council decided to do the next best thing Monday and that was remove Léger name from the front of the arena in the village where he was priest from 1959 to the 1980s.
While Léger, who died 22 years ago, was never charged with sexual assault, even the Catholic Church is convinced that several in the small southeastern fishing village were victimized by him during his tenure there.
As it turns out, when Cap-Pelé residents were told last week they would be asked in a May 14 plebiscite if they wanted to change the name of the local arena, several people came forward with allegations of sexual abuse.
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