Canadian police
The case of a priest molesting Inuit children in Canada is still a matter of public opinion in the country, especially following the calls made to Pope Francis to intervene and return the priest hiding in France to be tried in Canada.
According to the “CBC” website, Canadian police have brought a new accusation once morest priest “Johannes Revoir”, whose victims say he has evaded justice for decades.
The Canadian Inuit leader had asked Pope Francis to “personally intervene” in this regard, during a visit by a delegation of indigenous groups to the Vatican.
Obaid called on the pope to use his “influence with the appropriate authorities” to extradite Rivoire or try him in France.
Canadian police said an arrest warrant was issued last month for Revoir, 93, who currently lives in Lyon, France.
Revoir worked as an Oblates of Mary Immaculate with Inuit peoples in the 1960s and 1970s, before returning to France in 1993.
The Canadian “aptnnews” website stated that one of the priest’s victims committed suicide, and that there were several other victims. Police brought 3 charges once morest Revoir in 1998, but he was already in France.
In January, Pope Francis pledged justice for victims of clergy sexual abuse, following an independent review accused his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, of failing to address four cases of abusive clergy when he was Archbishop of Munich, Germany.
