CANADA
Chronicle-Herald
MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE STAFF REPORTER
Published May 4, 2014
A former altar boy now in his 70s is suing the Roman Catholic Church, alleging he was sexually abused by a now-deceased priest.
According to a court document, Emile Joseph Blinn alleges he was abused in the 1950s by the late Father Denis Robichaud when the cleric was the parish priest in the Corberrie, Digby County, area.
Blinn was about 14 when the alleged sex attacks took place, says a notice of action recently filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Co-defendants are the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax and the Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth.
Starting in or around 1956, the court document says, “Father Robichaud sexually abused, assaulted and molested the plaintiff.” Blinn’s allegations have not been proved in court.
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