CANADA
Winnipeg Free Press
By: Aldo Santin
The trial of an Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of America for sexually abusing two 11-year-old boys in the summer of 1985 began this morning.
Seraphim Storheim pleaded not guilty this morning to two counts of sexual abuse between June and August of 1985.
The first witness this morning was one of the victims, now 39 years old.
A publication ban was imposed prohibiting the disclosure of the identities of the two victims.
The witness often sounded confused and repeatedly contradicted himself when questioned by Crown prosecutor Breta Passler and defence counsel Jeff Gindin.
The witness said that he suffers from a variety of mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, panic attacks and other mental health issues, and is heavily medicated.
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