Report says Montreal Archdiocese covered for abusive priest for decades

 Report says Montreal Archdiocese covered for abusive priest for decades

BY FRANCOIS GLOUTNAY, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

DEC 2, 2020 ncr

For more than three decades, leaders of the Archdiocese of Montreal failed to properly treat the complaints and the red flags periodically raised about Fr. Brian Boucher, said a report prepared by retired Quebec Superior Court Judge Pepita G. Capriolo. Instead, church authorities seemed intent on covering the priest's behavior to protect his and the church's reputation, she wrote.