Retired Priest Charged in Alleged 1970s Assaults on Boy

CBC News
February 13, 2013

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/02/13/ottawa-retired-priest-1970s-alleged-assaults.html

A 76-year-old retired Roman Catholic priest is facing two charges related to the alleged sexual assault of a boy in the early 1970s.

Ottawa police arrested Jacques Faucher of Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday, and charged him with gross indecency and indecent assault on a male. The incidents are alleged to have occurred in Ottawa between 1971 and 1973. The complainant was seven years old in 1971.

Faucher it to appear in court Thursday for a bail hearing.

The police investigation into the complaint began in November and continues.

Anyone with information about this incident or other incidents is asked to contact Ottawa police at 613-236-1222, ext. 5944 or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477.