CANADA
Montreal Gazette
By Karen Seidman, THE GAZETTE
December 24, 2012
MONTREAL — Church deacon William Kokesch will spend Christmas behind bars after his bail hearing was postponed until Thursday during an appearance in court Monday morning.
Kokesch, 65, is facing pornography charges after he was arrested on Friday and charged with distribution and production of child pornography.
A prominent deacon of St. Edmund of Canterbury Parish in Beaconsfield, police made the arrest after searching his Pointe Claire home and the church.
The Archdiocese of Montreal announced on Saturday it immediately removed Kokesch from all ministry and pastoral activity.
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