Ex-priest accused of sex crimes on trial

CANADA
CBC News

Albert LeBlanc’s trial on 50 sex-related charges is set to begin today in Yarmouth.

The 82-year-old former Roman Catholic priest is accused of abusing several boys in the 1970s and 80s.

LeBlanc was a priest in the Yarmouth diocese from 1955 to 1973, when he resigned and left the priesthood, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Halifax said last year.

LeBlanc subsequently worked as a probation officer.

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