FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: 92 YR. OLD PRIEST ARRESTED IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL ASSAULT CASE!

RCMP charge 92-year-old priest in Manitoba residential school case Arthur Masse was charged with one count of indecent assault of a 10-year-old girl between 1968 and 1970 Manitoba RCMP say Arthur Masse, a 92-year-old priest, has been charged with indecent assault after a decade-long investigation into the Fort Alexander Residential School northeast of Winnipeg.

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Retired Father Arthur Masse was charged with one count of indecent assault of a 10-year-old girl between 1968 and 1970. Masse was arrested in Winnipeg on Thursday.

The school was opened in 1905 in the community of Fort Alexander, which later became the Sagkeeng First Nation.

The school closed in 1970. Mounties have said that officers with the major crime unit began looking into the residential school in 2010 and a criminal investigation began the following year.

More than 80 RCMP officers conducted archival research and contacted more than 700 people across North America and, in total, collected 75 witness and victim statements.

“Unfortunately, due to the passage of time, many of the victims were not able to participate in the investigation, whether that be for mental or physical health reasons or because the victim is now deceased,” said Sgt. Paul Manaigre, the media relations officer with the Manitoba RCMP.