CANADA
North Bay Nugget

By MARIA CALABRESE, North Bay Nugget

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

NORTH BAY – A Roman Catholic priest faces more charges of historical sexual abuse while serving at a North Bay church, court heard Tuesday.

John Edward Sullivan, 87, remains in hospital in Montreal where he lives, and did not have to appear for his latest court date.

Sullivan is accused of sexually abusing a boy dating back to 1958 and during various times until 1979 while he was an ordained priest at the Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption.

Sullivan was arrested in June in Montreal on a North Bay warrant for gross indecency following an investigation into a complaint of historical child sexual abuse.