CANADA
CBC
The trial of Canada’s highest-ranking Orthodox Church cleric, accused of sexually abusing boys over two decades ago, is set to begin today in Winnipeg.
Archbishop Kenneth (Seraphim) Storheim was suspended by the Orthodox Church of America after two sexual assault charges were laid against him in November 2010. (Archdiocese of Canada)
Archbishop Kenneth William (Seraphim) Storheim is accused of assaulting two pre-teen boys who were both members of the church more than 25 years ago, when he worked at a parish in Winnipeg’s North End.
The jury trial is scheduled to begin on Monday morning.
The allegations surfaced in 2008, when a clergyman filed a written report to the national church.
Storheim turned himself in to Winnipeg police in November 2010, when two charges of sexual assault were laid against him.
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