Retired Alexandria-Cornwall priest Denis Vaillancourt's charge: sexual assault

By Greg Peerenboom
Standard-Freeholder
November 03, 2015

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Sexual assault is the charge behind the arrest of a retired Alexandria-Cornwall Diocese priest, say SDG Ontario Provincial Police.

The diocese revealed Friday that Denis Vaillancourt, 70, had been arrested and charged under the Criminal Code of Canada on Oct. 29. The diocese did not identify the charge or provide any information about the circumstances leading to Vaillancourt's arrest.

The OPP identified the charge Tuesday, saying it comes out of an incident involving an adult male at a South Glengarry home in September. The OPP investigation began when it received a report of the incident on Oct. 18.

Vaillancourt now lives in Lasalle, Que. He has been released to appear in Alexandria court on Nov. 18.

He had served the diocese in a number of capacities, including as parish priest of Eglise Sacre-Coeur in Alexandria.