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Montreal Gazette
JOE LOFARO, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, OTTAWA CITIZEN 11.15.2016
More than a decade before the Archdiocese of Ottawa told Jacques Faucher he could no longer be a priest, it paid tens of thousands of dollars to a former altar boy who had accused the reverend of molesting him.
Faucher was convicted in March of historical sex offences against three other children, but newly obtained documents by the Citizen show the diocese wrote a $50,000 cheque to a former altar boy when he was an adult in 1998, more than a year after he told the church about the alleged sexual abuse.
The payment was made on the condition he keep details of the out-of-court settlement confidential.
The 80-year-old former priest was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and gross indecency to three of five boys who testified against him.
The cheque and other historical documents were filed as exhibits at Faucher’s criminal trial, and Ontario Superior Court Justice Pierre Roger recently granted the Citizen’s request to access the exhibits.
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