A 79-year-old Roman Catholic priest has been charged with sexual offences allegedly committed at a residence in a small Newfoundland community this year.

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According to police, an elderly woman reported that she spoke with the religious leader at St. Mary's Syro Malabar Catholic Church "for some time," and when she went to leave, she said she was touched inappropriately.

"He is known to manipulate and gain the trust of people," federal Prosecutor Sean Sullivan told U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Molzen. "Honestly, a jail setting is the best setting for the defendant to be."

The scam appears to be targeting Catholic parishioners in the Peterborough area.

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