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The Canadian Press
Published Friday, Jan. 4, 2013
MONCTON, N.B. — A former Supreme Court justice says the Catholic church had no obligation notify police of sex abuse allegations against two more priests.
Michel Bastarache informed the Archdiocese of Moncton of the allegations.
They surfaced during a reconciliation and compensation process that Bastarache was conducting for alleged victims of sexual abuse involving another priest.
Two lawyers who have represented victims of abuse by clergyman say the diocese should have gone to the RCMP.
One of the lawyers, Robert Talach, says any other institution would have done so.
But the archdiocese countered that it’s up to the alleged sex abuse victims to come forward.
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