Victims were St. Pius X students, police say

Accused priest taught at high school

 The Ottawa Citizen
15 July 2010
By Kristy Nease 

Rev. William Joseph Allen’s two alleged indecent-assault victims were both students at St. Pius X High School, where Allen taught for many years, the Ottawa police detective leading the case said Tuesday.

The two teenaged boys were somewhere between 13 and 17 years old when the assaults are alleged to have occurred, Det. Anne Ménard said Tuesday, but she would not be specific, citing privacy concerns.

The “repetitive” assaults allegedly occurred between 1970 and 1976. Ménard said they took pla