CANADA
CBC News
Cap-Pelé council voted on Monday night to remove former priest Camille Léger’s name from the local arena, less than a week after stories of sexual abuse became public.
Village residents learned last week they would be asked in a plebiscite on May 14 if they wanted to change the name of the local arena. That prompted several people to come forward with allegations that Léger abused them when he was a priest in the area between 1957 and 1980.
Archbishop André Richard attended two masses over the weekend in the small southeastern fishing village and apologized for the actions of Léger. Léger died 22 years ago.
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