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	Former Priest Waives Hearing By Sarah Sacheli Windsor Star March 10, 2010 http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Former+priest+waives+hearing/2664803/story.html CANADA -- A former local Catholic priest charged with molesting teenage boys at the mission he founded in Haiti made a brief court appearance Tuesday in which he waived his right to a preliminary hearing and elected to have his case heard by a Superior Court judge. John Duarte, 43, the former parish priest at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Windsor, St. Gregory the Great in St. Clair Beach and St. Michael's in Leamington, is charged with nine counts of sexual exploitation involving boys aged 12 to 17 in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and the tiny fishing village of Labadie. Hearts Together for Haiti, a charity Duarte founded, operated schools, a health clinic and a sponsorship program for impoverished families. Canadian law allows citizens to be prosecuted in Canada for sex offences against children committed elsewhere. Duarte's lawyer and a lawyer from the Crown attorney's office have already discussed the case with a Superior Court judge during a pretrial conference held last week. Duarte appeared in Ontario court Tuesday to have his case transferred to the higher court. Duarte was arrested Oct. 20 in the Dominican Republic.
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