CANADA
Winnipeg Free Press
By: Aldo Santin
A man says a priest in the Orthodox Church of America offered him money to sleep with him when he was a young boy during the summer of 1985.
The man was testifying on the opening day of the trial of Seraphim Storheim, a priest in Winnipeg in 1985 and now an archbishop of his church.
Storheim is charged with two counts of sexual assault. The alleged victims are brothers. He pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday.
A publication ban prohibits the disclosure of any information that could identify the victims.
Storheim was suspended as archbishop in November 2011 after Winnipeg police charged him after a lengthy investigation.
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