The Windsor Star
Nov 30, 2012 | Last Updated: Nov 30, 2012 – 8:02 UTC
Trevor Wilhelm, The Windsor Star
Police have once again arrested a former Windsor priest already facing 22 previous sex crime charges.
Chatham-Kent police said the new charges against Linus Bastien, 86, who was a priest in Windsor and the surrounding region from 1951-97, are also for “historical sexually based offences.” Police said the alleged crimes occurred between 196370 when Bastien was the priest at St. Charles Parish in the village of Stephenson, in the former Township of Tilbury East.
Bastien, who lives in Chatham, was arrested Wednesday then released from custody until a January court appearance.
Police gave no other information about the case. Bastien is already facing 22 sex crime charges for alleged acts at other churches.
In January, LaSalle police laid 18 charges against him, including indecent assault, gross indecency, sexual assault and sexual interference following complaints from seven victims. Those alleged crimes occurred from 1970-77 and 198889 when Bastien was serving at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in LaSalle and St. Joachim Parish in Lakeshore. The alleged victims were students at the former St. Paul’s school and St. Ambroise school.
Before that, provincial police laid four charges against Bastien for allegedly abusing two altar boys in 1978 at St. Mary’s Parish in Maidstone. In that case, he was charged with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency.
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A list of charges against a retired priest living in Chatham has grown.
The London Free Press
29 November 2012
Vicki Gough
Chatham-Kent police arrested Linus Bastien, 86, at his retirement residence on Keil Drive Wednesday morning.
“This investigation is a result of charges started by Essex OPP,” said Chatham-Kent Sgt. Mike Thompson.
The accused is charged with numerous historic sex-related offences, said Thompson.
But the officer declined to give specific numbers nor the nature of the charges.
An undisclosed number of complainants came forward after the OPP charges, said Thompson.
In 2011, Essex County OPP charged Bastien with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency involving two altar servers more than three decades ago.
Those charges date to 1978 when Bastien was assigned to St. Mary\’s Parish in Maidstone, Ont., OPP said.
The OPP laid two more charges against Bastien, dating back to 1974-75, when he was at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in LaSalle.
Bastien served at 10 area parishes in his 40 years as a priest with the London Diocese, including churches in Tilbury and Wheatley.
The latest allegations involve the retired priest\’s tenure at the former St. Charles Parish in the Tilbury area.
Bastien was released with a promise to appear in Chatham court on Jan. 2.
His next court date in Windsor is Dec. 10.
vicki.gough@sunmedia.ca
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Alleged pedophile priest arrested again
The Windsor Star
Nov 29, 2012 – 3:40 PM EST
Last Updated: Nov 30, 2012 – 9:07 AM EST
Police have once again arrested a former Windsor priest already facing 22 previous sex crime charges.
Chatham-Kent police said the new charges against Linus Bastien, 86, who was a priest in Windsor and the surrounding region from 1951-97, are also for “historical sexually based offences.”
Police said the sex crimes occurred between 1963-70 while Bastien was the priest at St. Charles Parish in the village of Stephenson, in the former Township of Tilbury East.
Bastien, who lives in Chatham, was arrested Wednesday then released from custody until a January court appearance.
Police gave no other information about the case, including the number of new charges.
Bastien was already facing 22 sex crime charges for alleged acts at other churches.
In January, LaSalle police laid 18 charges against him, including indecent assault, gross indecency, sexual assault and sexual interference following complaints from seven victims.
Those alleged crimes occurred from 1970-77 and 1988-89 when Bastien was serving at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in LaSalle and St. Joachim Parish in Lakeshore.
The alleged victims were students at the former St. Paul’s school and St. Ambroise school.
Before that, provincial police laid four charges against Bastien for allegedly abusing two altar boys in 1978 at St. Mary’s Parish in Maidstone.
In that case, he was charged with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency.
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Retired priest charged
Chatham Daily News
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 9:14:43 EST PM
By Vicki Gough, Chatham Daily News
A list of charges against a retired priest living in Chatham has grown.
Chatham-Kent police arrested Linus Bastien, 86, at his retirement residence on Keil Drive Wednesday morning.
“This investigation is a result of charges started by Essex OPP,” said Chatham-Kent Sgt. Mike Thompson.
The accused is charged with numerous historic sex-related offences, said Thompson.
But the officer declined to give specific numbers nor the nature of the charges.
An undisclosed number of complainants came forward after the OPP charges, said Thompson.
In 2011, Essex County OPP charged Bastien with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency involving two altar servers more than three decades ago.
Those charges date to 1978 when Bastien was assigned to St. Mary’s Parish in Maidstone, Ont., OPP said.
The OPP laid two more charges against Bastien, dating back to 1974-75, when he was at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in LaSalle.
Bastien served at 10 area parishes in his 40 years as a priest with the London Diocese, including churches in Tilbury and Wheatley.
The latest allegations involve the retired priest’s tenure at the former St. Charles Parish in the Tilbury area.
Bastien was released with a promise to appear in Chatham court on Jan. 2.
His next court date in Windsor is Dec. 10.
There will be more charges to come forward. There are still those that are afraid of coming forward. What a shame.