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Reverend on kid porn rap

Police seek public help after St. Andrew's Parish leader charged over collection of images,
videosBy ROB LAMBERTI AND CHRIS DOUCETTE, SUN MEDIA


A Toronto reverend is charged after police seized a collection of child pornography involving kids as young as 5.
The suspect was arrested Wednesday following a complaint from someone who witnessed the man possessing some material, police alleged.
Police said they recovered a number of videos and photographs of children believed to be aged between 5 and 17.
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"The sex crimes unit recognizes some of the images," Det.-Const. Amy Bjerknes said yesterday.
But the 51 Division officer said investigators fear local children may also have been filmed. She said the images involve both male and female victims never before seen by police and investigators are anticipating that both victims and witnesses will be coming forward.
"Sometimes these investigations have a tendency to grow and that's why we're seeking assistance in locating victims," she said. "We're requesting victims or witnesses come forward." She asks them to call police at 416-808-5100.
Frederick Patrick Dunleavy, 65, is charged with possessing child pornography.
Dunleavy, a native of Brockville, was ordained as a reverend in 1989 by the Old Roman Catholic Church, which is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Dunleavy is in charge of St. Andrew's Parish, which holds mass in an Anglican church on Bloor St. E. at Sherbourne St.
A person who answered the phone at the parish's Bleecker St. headquarters yesterday quickly hung up.
The website for the Old Roman Catholic Church in Ontario said Dunleavy received religion at York University and the University of Toronto's St. Michael's College.
According to an online story in the Interdenominational News, Dunleavy has performed hundreds of same-sex marriages.