CANADA
CTV
Published Thursday, December 4, 2014
Ottawa police have charged a Catholic priest with sexual assault and sexual interference.
56 year old Reverend Stephen Amesse is charged with sexually assaulting a 14 year old boy at his west Ottawa church in 2008. Police say they’ve been investigating since February, 2014.
The Archdiocese of Ottawa suspended Amesse from the church after he was charged. In a statement the church extended “prayors and pastoral care” to the parishioners of St. Patrick’s Fallowfield, where Amesse is pastor.
“These are painful moments in the life of a faith community.”
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