CANADA
Huffington Post
By Rhianna Schmunk
Posted: 03/09/2015
A Calgary imam, who was granted refugee status in Canada, is denying allegations of sex assault in the United States.
Abdi Hersy, 46, is a high-profile imam who runs the Abu Bakr Mussallah place of worship in Calgary, and is often quoted as a representative of the Somali community in Calgary.
In 2006, Hersy was charged after allegations that came from his time working as a respiratory therapist in Woodbury, Minn., according to Global News.
Two women allege that Hersy groped them under their hospital gowns, saying it was part of the standard medical exam. One of the victims claimed that Hersy said he wanted to have sex with her, reported the Twin Cities News.
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