Father Rene Dube

 [The following information was derived from a number of sources and is far from exhaustive.  The dates and activities listed are restricted to those on which I have information. 

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(indicating which parish a priest is serving in) is submitted the preceding Fall after the final round of rotations and parish assignments have been accomplished.  A change of parish in the intervening months pre-publication is not the norm but does happen  - such changes are therefore not conveyed in directories.]

30 January 2007: Diocese Employee's Name Not Protected

DOB:  22 December 1944 

Ordained:  07 June 1969 

1967-1973: Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Alexandria, Ontario (Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall) 

The above information is provided in one source, however Dube was ordained in 1969.  It is highly possible therefore that Rene Dube was affiliated with and assisting at Sacred Heart while he was a seminarian. I have another source which places Father Dube at St. John Bosco in Cornwall in late 1969/1970.   

1980:  Pastor at Christ the King (Chrite-Roi) Roman Catholic Church, Cornwall, Ontario (Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall) 

• An elected dean and chairman of the diocese’s senate of priests. 
• In charge of Roman Catholic Scouts (Les Scouts Catholiques) for the diocese

1985-1986: Pastor at St. Theresa of Lesieux Roman Catholic Church, Cornwall, Ontario (Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall) 

• 1985-1986: Diocesan contact for Knights of Columbus 
• 1985-1986: Diocesan director of “MCF (Mouvement Couple & Famille)” 
• 1985-1986: Diocesan contact for “Divorced and Separated Catholics” 

1987, 1991-94:  Pastor at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Co-cathedral), Cornwall, Ontario (Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall) 

• 1985-1986: Member of the Diocesan Tribunal (with Msgr. Bernard Guindon, Father Denis Vaillancourt, Jacques Leduc, Father Evariste Martin, Jeanine Lacombe, Gordon Bryan, Sr. Cecile Rochon) 

• 1991 - 93: Diocesan contact for the Knights of Columbus 

• 1991- 1993:  Diocesan director of “MCF (Mouvement Couple & Famille)” 
• 1991- 93: Spiritual Director for “Aggiornamento” 
• 1991 - 1995:  Diocesan Tribunal (with Msgr. Bernard Guindon, Father Denis Vaillancourt, Jacques Leduc, Father Evariste Martin, Jeanine Lacombe, Gordon Bryan and Sr. Cecile Rochon csc) 
• 1993:  Diocesan director of “MCF (Mouvement Couple & Famille)” 

1995 – 2000, 2002, 2006: Pastor at Holy Cross (Sainte-Croix) Roman Catholic Church, Cornwall, Ontario (Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall) 

• 1996:  Diocesan Tribunal (with Msgr. Bernard Guindon, Father Denis Vaillancourt, Jacques Leduc, Jeanine Lacombe, Gordon Bryan and Sr. Cecile Rochon csc) 
• 1997:  Diocesan Tribunal (with Msgr. Bernard Guindon, Father Denis Vaillancourt, Jean Paul Poninski, Jeanine Lacombe, Gordon Bryan and Sr. Madeleine Lalonde sscj) 
• 1998 - 2000:  Diocesan Tribunal (with Msgr. Bernard Guindon, Father Denis Vaillancourt, Jacques Leduc, Sr. Madeleine Lalonde sscj and Gordon Bryan) 
• 2000:  Advisor to the Health Care Ethics and Values, Audit Committee (committee members Dr. Raymond Legault, Father Claude Halle. Gordon Bryan advisor)  
• 2000:  Diaconate formation (French Sector) 
• 2000:  4th Degree Assembly KOC 
• 2002:  Diocesan Tribunal (with Father Denis Vaillancourt, Jacques Leduc, Mme. Claire McNamara and Gordon Bryan) 
• 2002: in charge of the Diaconate program for the diocese (with Father Kevin Malony and Rev. Mr. [Deacon] Gordon Bryan) 

Father Rene Dube faced sexual abuse charges in the Province of Quebec and stood trial in early 2000.  The charges arose from allegations of a victim of Father Paul Lapierre who alleged he was molested in Montreal by both Lapierre and Dube. 

Dube was acquitted.  The acquittal centred around allegations of mistaken identity.  The latter arose because the alleged victim (Claude Marleau) did not know or recall Dube’s name but had a vivid recollection of his features and  provided a detailed description of his alleged molester to police.  Police thought the description matched that of Father Gilles Deslaurier and the investigation proceeded on that basis.  However as soon as the alleged victim was given the opportunity to see photos of diocesan clergy he readily identified Dube as his alleged molester.  Dube was charged but the initial police mess-up over identification apparently proved to be a defence lawyer’s dream!