CANADA
CBC News
In the latest series of pedophilia scandals plaguing New Brunswick’s Catholic churches, four priests have been accused of sexual assault, including the former chaplain of the University of Moncton and Dorchester Penitentiary.
Two of the priests practised at St-Joseph Church in Shediac when the alleged abuse took place.
A lawsuit was filed against Rev. Paul Breau, the former chaplain, Rev. Yvon Arsenault and the Moncton Diocese, alleging the priests used their position of authority to engage in repeated sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old boy.
The boy was a young offender who had been ordered to do community work on church grounds, including raking leaves in the yard surrounding the St-Joseph parish. The two priests were responsible for supervising the young boy.
The abuse is alleged to have occurred over a two-year-period in the 1980s, in the residence of the priests.
The complainant, now 45, said he suffered severe damage as a result of the abuse, including depression and anxiety.
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