Retired priest charged with indecent assault after Manitoba residential school investigation
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A retired priest has been charged with indecent assault in connection with a decade-long investigation into a Manitoba residential school.
Retired Father Arthur Masse, 92, was charged in connection with the assault on a 10-year-old girl, who was a student at the Fort Alexander residential school, northeast of Winnipeg.
The alleged assault occurred between 1968 and 1970, police said at a news conference Friday morning.
Police arrested Masse at his home in Winnipeg on Thursday. He was released with conditions and will appear in court in Powerview on Monday.
This is the only current investigation into residential schools by Manitoba RCMP, and with this arrest, the investigation is concluded, police said.
More than 80 investigators worked on the case, contacting more than 700 people across North America to search for witnesses and victims, and obtaining 75 witness and victim statements.
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Details about an arrest in a historical investigation connected to a Manitoba residential school will be revealed Friday morning.
RCMP will hold a news conference at 9:30 a.m. CT. CBC Manitoba will stream the news conference live on our website.
On Thursday, the provincial government confirmed a person was charged with one count of indecent assault on a female related to the investigation into the former Fort Alexander Residential School northeast of Winnipeg.
The school opened in 1905 in the community of Fort Alexander, which later became the Sagkeeng First Nation, and closed in 1970.
The Fort Alexander school had a reputation for abuse.
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