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	Priest Faces Sex Charges CBC News October 14, 2011 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/10/14/wdr-priest-charged-sex-crimes.html An 85-year-old Catholic priest has been charged with sex-related offences alleged to have occurred in 1978. Police charged father Linus Bastien of Chatham with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency contrary to Section 157 of the 1978 Criminal Code of Canada. Bastien was assigned to St. Mary’s Parish in Maidstone, Ont., when the crimes were to have allegedly occurred. The two male victims were both alter boys volunteering at the church during the same time period. Police arrested Bastien on Oct. 12. He is scheduled to appear in Windsor court Nov. 1. Police ask that any person with further information regarding this investigation should immediately contact the Essex County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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