Inuit plead for priest’s return to Canada over abuse claims 
Inuit plead for priest’s return to Canada over abuse claims 

By Nicolas Vaux-montagny THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LYON, France (AP)- A priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children when he missioned in their Canadian Arctic community has told alleged victims and relatives who traveled to France to confront him that he won’t go back to Canada to be questioned. The 10-member Inuit delegation met this week with the Rev. Joannes Rivoire, hoping to persuade the 92-year-old to return with them to Canada, where they want him to face justice. Canadian police are also seeking his arrest on a sexual assault charge. But the Oblate priest refused and denied wrongdoing, delegation members said Thursday at a news conference in Lyon, the southeastern French city where Rivoire lives in a care home. The daughter of one of the priest’s late alleged victims described the

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