Brantford priest charged with assault

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Brantford Expositor

By Michael-Allan Marion, Brantford Expositor

Friday, May 18, 2012

A Brantford priest has been charged after city police received a complaint of an assault against a young girl.

Police say in a release that the girl reported she was assaulted sometime between September 2011 and October 2011 at St. Basil’s Church on Palace Street. She alleged that the accused grabbed hold of her arm, pinned her down in a chair and prevented her from leaving.

The victim was not injured, police say.

After an investigation, Rev. Mark L. Sullivan, 49, of Palace Street has been charged with assault.

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