CANADA
The Western Star
Published on June 5, 2012
CORNER BROOK — The investigation into more allegations of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priest George Ansel Smith is still ongoing.
Smith, 74, has been charged with more than 60 sex-related offences in relation to incidents alleged to have occurred in six communities in western Newfoundland from 1969 to 1989.
The charges against him include gross indecency, indecent assault on a male, sexual assault, unlawfully committing a gross indecency and unlawfully assaulting with intent to commit an indictable offence. The charges are alleged to have happened in Port Saunders, Corner Brook, Stephenville, St. Fintan’s, Cape St. George and Deer Lake.
His past is also being investigated by authorities elsewhere in Atlantic Canada.
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