CANADA
Windsor Star
TREVOR WILHELM, WINDSOR STAR
Victims of an alleged pedophile priest, whose trial was repeatedly delayed, say his death this week has robbed them of the chance to confront him.
Linus Bastien died June 19 at home in Petrolia after his case dragged on with repeated delays for five years. He was 89.
One of Bastien’s alleged victims from St. Mary church in Maidstone said he was disappointed when he learned of the priest’s death.
“I knew it meant the end of the court case,” said the 52-year-old man whose identity is covered by a publication ban. “A sense of loss and knowing that me and the 11 other witnesses, we’ll be denied that sense of closure that the criminal court case would have given us.”
Bastien served at many churches throughout Essex County, starting with Most Precious Blood in Windsor in 1951.
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