WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (CANADA)
CBC NEWS
September 7, 2017
By Katie Nicholson and Vera-Lynn Kubinec
[Note: See the page devoted to Rev. Ronald Léger on Sylvia’s Site, with links and chronology.]
3 men come forward with new charges against Ronald Léger, now accused of sexually assaulting 7 men
A Catholic priest who founded and ran a youth centre in Winnipeg for decades is facing new sexual assault charges from three alleged victims, on top of charges laid last year following accusations from four other men.
Ronald Léger, 79, was charged Aug. 31 with three new counts of sexual assault against three men, who were teenagers at the time of the alleged assaults.
Last October, four other men came forward alleging they were sexually assaulted by Léger in their youth. Léger was charged at that time with multiple counts of sexual assault. A trial date for those charges — which span three decades from 1983 to 2013 — has been set for March 5, 2018.
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