CANADA
Herald News
February 16, 2012
By MARY ELLEN MacINTYRE Cape Breton Bureau
A high-ranking member of the Roman Catholic Church and executive director of an addictions centre in Cape Breton has been relieved of his duties while an inquiry is underway.
Father Paul Abbass, who has headed up Talbot House in Frenchvale for 17 years, is the subject of a review after a complaint was made to the Department of Community Services.
The nature of the complaint against Abbass was not made public and it is unknown at this point if police are investigating.
Abbass is parish priest of St Mary’s parish, which is on the grounds of Talbot House, a Sydney-area addictions treatment centre for adult men. He has also taken a leave from his diocese and parish duties, as episcopal vicar and as director of pastoral services for the diocese.
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