More than two decades later, the charges were stayed. He faced at least three charges of sexual abuse in the Nunavut communities of Arviat, Rankin Inlet and Naujaat.
Rivoire was in Canada from the early 1960s to 1993, when he returned to France.Ī warrant was issued for his arrest in 1998. "We have not received a request to share additional records in response to the recent arrest warrant, but will fully co-operate and provide any relevant information, when asked." Thorson added the order has also written to Justice Minister David Lametti, offering its co-operation in any investigation. "I informed him that we would be encouraging Rivoire to do what he should have done long ago: co-operate with police and make himself available for the legal process, if not in Canada, then in France," wrote Thorson, with OMI Lacombe Canada based in Ottawa.
Ken Thorson said he also spoke with Obed. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said he asked the Pope to “speak with Father Rivoire directly and ask him to go to Canada to face the charges.” Obed also asked the Pope to request that France step in if Rivoire is not receptive. The latest development in the investigation of the Oblate priest comes after the leader of the national organization representing the Inuit asked Pope Francis to intervene in the case during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday. Mounties said Rivoire was charged last month with sexual assault on a female. Nunavut RCMP said officers received a complaint last year regarding sexual assaults that occurred about 47 years ago. "It's about time," Piita Irniq, an Inuit elder who has been fighting for more than a decade to have Rivoire returned to Canada, said Tuesday from Ottawa. RCMP said a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Johannes Rivoire, who is in his 90s and lives in Lyon, France.
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Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut.
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