NEW BRUNSWICK (CANADA)
CBC News
December 7, 2017
By Gabrielle Fahmy
Crown withdraws charge against Paul Breau after doctors declare former U of M chaplain mentally incompetent
A sexual assault charge was withdrawn Thursday against the former chaplain at the University of Moncton after the Crown learned he was mentally incompetent for a trial.
Priest Paul Breau, who is 86, was not in court when the Crown announced it was not going ahead with the charge.
According to the file, the alleged incidents took place in 1985 and 1986 in Shediac, when Breau was priest at the St. Joseph parish.
Breau was the chaplain at the University of Moncton until just recently and is now in a nursing home. His arraignment was scheduled for Thursday.
But a Crown prosecutor told reporters outside court that a decision was made to withdraw the charge against Breau after two medical reports, including one from his doctor, declared him incompetent.
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