Sexual assault case against retired P.E.I. priest held over until June
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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — A former Catholic priest accused of sexual assault is scheduled to look again in courtroom in June.
Maurice Joseph Praught, 70, from Stratford, had his case known as in Summerside Supreme Courtroom on Might 3. His case was deferred resulting from ongoing discussions and to present the defence extra time to evaluate the case recordsdata.
Praught will seem subsequent in courtroom on June 7.
Praught faces three counts of sexual assault and 6 counts of sexual exploitation.
There’s a publication ban in place stopping the distribution of any info that may very well be used to determine any victims within the case.
The entire prices are in reference to the identical male sufferer, who was reportedly 14 years outdated on the time the offences began. The incidents allegedly occurred round Summerside between 1993 and 1997.
The Summerside Police Service’s investigation into Praught started after the Diocese of Charlottetown reported the alleged incidents in Might 2022. Praught had already been faraway from his duties at the moment.
Throughout the investigation, police have been made conscious of different alleged offences which will have occurred in different elements of PE.I. and the RCMP joined the investigation.
Kristin Gardiner is a reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. She will be reached by e mail at [email protected] and adopted on Twitter @KristinGardiner.
