’ s ▁incl ination ▁to ▁protect ▁its ▁own ." ▁ ▁New ▁alleg ations ▁sur fac ed ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁when ▁retired ▁Catholic ▁priest ▁Barry ▁Mc Gr ory ▁public ly ▁admitted ▁that ▁he ▁sex ually ▁ab used ▁three ▁young ▁parish ion ers ▁at ▁Ott awa ’ s ▁Holy ▁Cross ▁Par ish ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁’ 8 0 s . ▁This ▁also ▁occurred ▁under ▁Pl our de ' s ▁ten ure ▁as ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁dioc ese . ▁These ▁alleg ations ▁were ▁reported ▁by ▁The ▁Ott awa ▁Cit izen ▁including ▁Mc Gr ory ' s ▁claims ▁that ▁Pl our de ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁ab use ▁occurr ing ▁within ▁his ▁dioc ese . ▁These ▁alleg ations ▁have ▁yet ▁to ▁be ▁tested ▁in ▁court . ▁Also ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 -- more ▁than ▁ 3 5 ▁years ▁after ▁these ▁criminal ▁acts ▁took ▁place -- the ▁Ott awa ▁arch di oc ese ▁and ▁its ▁current ▁arch bishop ▁public ly ▁acknowled ged ▁" the ▁enorm ity ▁of ▁evil " ▁in ▁connection ▁to ▁these ▁cases , ▁but ▁remained ▁m ute ▁on ▁Pl our de ' s ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁ab uses ▁that ▁occurred ▁under ▁his ▁watch . ▁ ▁To ▁this ▁date , ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁arch di oc ese ▁ref uses ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁or ▁confirm ▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁sexual ▁ab use ▁cases ▁before ▁the ▁courts ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁is ▁named ▁as ▁def endant . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Dioc ese ▁repeatedly ▁war