CANADA
CBC News
An Ottawa priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy inside a west-end Catholic church in 2008.
Investigators received a complaint in February 2014. The boy was 14 at the time of the alleged assault, police said.
Stephen Amesse, 56, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference involving a child under 16. He is expected to appear in court today.
He was suspended from his position as pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fallowfield after he was charged on Thursday.
“These are painful moments in the life of a faith community. May the parishioners know the spiritual support of our entire Catholic community,” the Archdiocese of Ottawa said in a statement.
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