CANADA
CTV
[with video]
Michael Franklin, CTV Calgary
Published Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Bishop Fred Henry attended court on Tuesday, adamantly defending one of his parish priests against allegations of child molestation proven false almost ten years ago.
Henry testified in the defamation case by a Catholic priest against a lawyer from India who has been posting articles online claiming that he is a danger to children.
Father Newton Rodrigues was working in India at the time he was accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl.
Bishop Fred Henry was in court on Tuesday to testify in support of Catholic priest who is fighting a defamation case involving charges that were proven false ten years ago.
There was an ensuing investigation by the church and by authorities but was eventually exonerated of the charges
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