Retired priest charged in alleged 1970s assaults on boy

CANADA
CBC News

A 76-year-old retired priest is facing two charges for the alleged sexual assault on a boy in the early 1970s.

Ottawa police arrested Jacques Faucher of Gatineau, Que., Wednesday on one count each of gross indecency and indecent assault on a male.

The alleged incidents happened between a Roman Catholic priest and a seven-year-old boy between 1971 and 1973.

The police investigation only began this past November but it continues.

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