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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A former Catholic bishop who is already facing child pornography charges is now accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual abuse.
In a statement of claim filed in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Todd Boland alleged former Bishop Raymond Lahey fondled him over his clothes, and that the abuse happened on numerous occasions over several years. The abuse is alleged to have happened in the mid 1980s when Boland was a resident at the infamous Mount Cashel orphanage.
The statement of claim is brought against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's.
Boland's lawyer, Greg Stack, said the child pornography charges laid earlier this year may have helped spur Boland to come forward
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The salient term here is “former.”