Canadian Priest Arrested On Child Rape Charges

The CBC reports:

An 81-year-old retired priest has been charged with rape in connection with the sexual assault of a preteen girl who was a parishioner at his western Manitoba church in the early 1970s, and police believe there may be other assault victims.

She said she was sexually assaulted multiple times over two years by the priest while she was a parishioner at St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church in Lennard, Man., a small community just over 300 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, near the Saskatchewan border.

The woman was 11-12 years old at the time of the alleged assault, RCMP said in a news release Thursday. An arrest warrant was issued for Constantin Turcoane, 81, now living in Regina, on charges of rape and sexual intercourse with a person under 14.

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A former priest has been charged with a historical sexual assault in Manitoba dating back to the early 1970s. Alex Karpa reports.https://t.co/AnOrwVrDI4

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