Published January 13, 2015
Dozens of parishioners have gathered outside a Roman Catholic church in Dominica to support a parish priest who has been accused of molesting a girl nearly two decades ago.
Catholics in Dominica's Grand Bay gathered Sunday holding placards and chanting their support for Monsignor Reginald Lafleur.
The 59-year-old priest has been put on administrative leave after a woman alleged that he touched her inappropriately on her "bottom and breast" and made "sweet eyes" at her 19 years ago when she was a 12-year-old parishioner. The woman made the accusations against Lafleur in a series of letters to Bishop Gabriel Malzaire, the leader of Dominica's diocese.
Malzaire has sent the accuser to Trinidad for counseling as a church panel investigates her allegations.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/dominica-catholics-rally-in-support-of-parish-priest-accused-of-molesting-a-girl-20-years-ago