Friend of priest speaks at sex assault trial

CANADA
CBC News

A close friend of an Orthodox archbishop accused of sexually assaulting two brothers says the alleged abuse couldn’t possibly have happened.

Connie Kucharczyk told the Winnipeg trial of Seraphim Storheim that she was shocked when police called her in 2010 to discuss their investigation.

She says Storheim hugged “everyone he saw” but never crossed a line.

Storheim is accused of sexually assaulting the pre-teens when they lived with him in Winnipeg three decades ago.

The men have testified Storheim walked around naked and asked them to touch him sexually.

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