CANADA
Ottawa Sun
BY DOUG HEMPSTEAD, OTTAWA SUN
Cops have charged an Ottawa priest with sexual assault and sexual interference with a 14-year-old boy in 2008.
Police have been investigating allegations about Father Stephen Amesse, 56, since February.
Sex Assault and Child Abuse section detectives are worried there may be more victims.
Amesse was connected to the Catholic school community for many years, notably at Stittsville’s Sacred Heart High School.
A farewell for “Father Steve” happened in June 2009 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, before more than 600 people and — according to a write-up at the time — punctuated by a prolonged standing ovation, gifts and “a pledge of everlasting remembrance.”
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