RNC have arrested a 64-year-old man on an array of historic sexual violence charges.
In June of 2021, police received a report of multiple incidents of sexual assault in St. John’s between 1997 and 2009. The victims were all youth at the time and were known to the accused.
On August 17, The RNC’s Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit and Quebec police arrested the man in Montreal, where he now resides.
He is facing charges of incest, bestiality, sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, exposure, and uttering threats.
He was released on conditions to appear in court at a later date.