Updated: Archbishop knew of priest sexual abuse before complaints: testimony

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Glacier Media

October 17, 2019

By Jeremy Hainsworth

“He was molesting people,” archbishop says of priest

Kamloops Roman Catholic Archdiocese officials knew of the sexual activities of a priest before a schoolteacher reported her abuse at the man’s hands in 1977, the former bishop told B.C. Supreme Court Oct. 17.

“He was misbehaving,” testified Adam Exner, later archbishop of Winnipeg and Vancouver. “He was a playboy.”

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