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  Charged Priest Seeks Cardiac Help

The Windsor Star
December 17, 2009

http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/Charged+priest+seeks+cardiac+help/2354656/story.html

Patients visiting their cardiologist witnessed an unusual scene Thursday morning when two jail guards arrived accompanying an accused pedophile into the waiting room.

Rev. John Duarte had an appointment with Dr. Craig Pearce. Duarte, 43, is in jail charged with molesting teenage boys at the mission he founded in Haiti.

Duarte's lawyer, Andrew Bradie, said his client has been having problems with his pacemaker and was awaiting an appointment with a cardiologist.

Duarte was arrested Oct. 20 in the Dominican Republic where he had been living. Canadian authorities picked him up there Oct. 26. He has been housed at Windsor Jail.

Canadian law allows citizens to be prosecuted in Canada for sex offences against children committed elsewhere.

Duarte has been denied bail, but is appealing the decision.

 
 

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