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By Katie Nicholson, Holly Moore, Vera-Lynn Kubinec, CBC News Posted: Oct 21, 2016
New allegations of sexual assault have emerged against a Winnipeg priest and convicted sex offender, CBC News has learned.
Four men have come forward alleging Ronald Léger sexually assaulted them beginning when they were children aged 10 to 12, during the 1980s. All frequented the youth drop-in centre he founded, Teen Stop Jeunesse (TSJ).
“When I look at it now, the place was just a giant spider web,” said one of the men. CBC News is protecting their identities because of the nature of the allegations.
“You put a whole collection of kids there, and then there’s some he could go farther with and some that he wouldn’t, right? And I think he was a smart predator,” he said. “He would just slowly test the boundaries, I guess.”
All four men have given statements to Winnipeg police. Sources confirm Léger was arrested on Wednesday and charges are pending. Léger’s lawyer, Saul Simmonds, said he was not in a position to comment.
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