New bail conditions for priest on rape charge

CONDITIONS were yesterday added to the bail granted to a Haitian Catholic priest on charges of indecently assaulting and raping a woman. The conditions were requested by attorney Israel Khan, who has been granted “fiat” by DPP Geoffrey Henderson to prosecute in the matter. The 38-year-old man of the cloth, who had been granted bail in the sum of $60,000 by a Justice of the Peace on April 30, was ordered by Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls to surrender his passport within 48 hours and to report to the Central Police Station on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, every Monday and Friday between 8 am and noon. The offences for which the accused was charged allegedly occurred on March 16 and 19 at Frederick Street in Port-of-Spain.