CANADA
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A woman testified a Nunavut priest raped her when she was eight years old after she went to the church for a meal because there was no food at home.
The woman, who cannot be identified, testified against former Roman Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger in an Iqaluit courtroom Wednesday.
She said she told her grandmother, who was caring for her, about the rape, but she didn’t believe her, The Canadian Press reported.
On Tuesday, defence lawyer Malcolm Kempt cross-examined another woman who said she was taped to Dejaeger’s bed. Kempt questioned the woman about the details of the alleged attack, and a $16,000 out-of-court settlement from the church, the CBC reported.
Dejaeger, 66, is accused of sexually assaulting Inuit children between about 1978 and 1989 during his time in Igloolik and Baker Lake.
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