August 3, 1993  22.31 EST
Quebec-Ontario regional general news

CRIME-Priest-Sex 
Espy Trenton, Cornwall 

KINGSTON, Ont. (CP)
A Roman Catholic priest made his first court appearance Tuesday
after being changed last month with four counts of sex-related
offences against a teenaged boy.

Richard Racine, who was arrested July 13, was seeking a change
in one of the conditions of his release from custody in his brief
appearance.

He wanted permission to leave the county boundaries in order to
receive counselling.

Justice of the Peace Lorraine Watson granted the request as
well as a request from the defence to have the case adjourned to
Sept. 14.

Racine, 46, is charged with indecent assault, sexual assault,
gross indecency and attempted buggery for alleged incidents
between 1982 and 1987.

Police have not released the name of the complainant, now 22
years old.

The chancellor of the Kingston archdiocese, who attended the
hearing, later said Racine has been removed from active duty on
his pastoral assignments at Holy Name church.

Joseph Lynch confirmed that Racine, a teacher who was who was
ordained a priest in June, 1986, had been chaplain of St. Paul's
separate high school in Trenton in 1988 and that he had provided
pastoral services at two separate elementary schools in that
eastern Ontario community.

Racine is originally from the eastern Ontario community of
Cornwall. 

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