CANADA
Scarborough Mirror
By Andrew Palamarchuk
Members of a Scarborough church are in shock after their priest was charged in connection with a sexual assault.
Police allege a woman went to All Saints Romanian Orthodox Church at 545 Danforth Rd. where she was sexually assaulted Sept. 3.
A couple who entered the church interrupted the assault.
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, police arrested 54-year-old Ioan Pop and charged him with sexual assault.
Magda Popescu, president of the church’s ladies’ auxiliary, said Pop has been the priest at All Saints since he came to Canada about 14 years ago.
“Actually he built this church, of course with the help of the community, but he was always working hard,” she said. “Really, I cannot say anything bad about him.”
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