CANADA
Metro
By Joe Lofaro
Ottawa police charged an Ottawa priest with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at a west end church in 2008.
Father Stephen Amesse, 56, faces two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference.
The priest is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon.
Police say they started investigating the priest after they received a complaint in February alleging a historical sexual assault.
Father Amesse was a pastor at the St. Patrick church on Fallowfield Road near Barrhaven.
In a statement, the Archdiocese of Ottawa said Amesse was suspended today “from all ministry” immediately following the charges.
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