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Unatsiaq Online
DAVID MURPHY
The trial of a Belgian-born Oblate priest accused of molesting children in Igloolik and Baker Lake in the 1970s and 1980s is set to begin in Iqaluit Nov. 18.
And when it starts, international media, especially Belgian news agencies that are watching the case with keen interest, will shine a spotlight on Nunavut.
Belgian journalist Cedric Lagast from the Flemish-language Het Nieuwsblad flew from Brussels to Iqaluit to cover the story.
“Obviously there’s quite a big interest in Belgium. It has got much attention in newspapers since 2010 when we first heard of it,” Lagast told Nunatsiaq News..
“A Belgian man that abused 41 people — that is immense. It would be immense in any country. So the accusations are so big, the amount of victims that he supposed to have [abused] is so big, that would make it a big story in every country,” Lagast said.
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