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Rape assault fraud charges against priest The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct 3 Fifth Line retreat house Santa makes debut A six month police in vesication has resulted In charges of rape sexual assault and fraud against a man who describes himself as a priest at a religious retreat on the Filth Line Hills a mile north of Lime- house Denis Edward Scallen who calls himself Father Benedict Maria a divorcee and former who pioneered re search into growing tomatoes at the metal clad building on the Line clearly marked The Benedictines of Mary Immaculate is to appear in court to answer charges in Milton at the Spring Assizes He is out on bail now according to police superintendent Floyd Sch wants The investigation was con ducted over the lengthy period by two officers from the Criminal Investigation Services and additional staff used to execute a search war rant on the building who claims he was ordained a priest by a bishop from Nevada and sub sequently an set up a retreat house for nuns at the location and attracted novices from as far away as the United States However Most Rev Paul Reding Roman Catholic Bishop of Hamilton diocese which includes Limehouse says Scallen is not a priest In the Roman Catholic Church Bishop Reding statement was backed by local Catholic clergyman who said that though some accept him as a bona fide priest he has never been ordained in the church Father Jim Scoles a priest from St Basil who investigated the case said the women who went to him really thought they were real sisters and he was a real priest Fraud charges against the self styled priest allege he misrepresented himself as a Roman Catholic priest to obtain money Scallen appeared in Georgetown court September for a preliminary hearing and was charged with rape sexual assaults on two women and three counts of fraud Neighbors described happenings at the Fifth Line building over the past few years as mysterious Prior to establishing the re treat house Scallen operated a business which reputedly grew tomatoes almost over night using artificial light However in an interview several years ago he said he intended setting up a rural re treat home for legei people from Toronto but would not divulge in formation concerning his experiments with fast grow plants Council rejects cutting its numbers in parade next month Former pump sheds The stage is set for the 1977 Santa Claus parade This year theme is The World of Make Believe Permission has been granted from Hills Council to have the parade on November it 1 p Chairman of the event John wrote to the works department for permission explaining the parade would begin on Crescent Street and head north on Maria to Church St Here it would travel east to Fellow St and north again to Mill St Travel ling west on Mill the parade would then connect up with Main St travel north to Knox Ave and on towards the arena His letter has been sent on to the Regional Police This is the same route as last year The parade will once again be put on by the Acton Men club Oakes will be the par master with Duby Nellis Ted Tyler and Jennifer acting as float judges At the present time cording to Mr Rivett there is no idea how many floats there will be However he said there are currently people telephoning last years en tries to see if they will have a repeat performance Mr said he would like to see a lot of floats this year He explained that chants are very generous with donations for the cause but explained that floats ore also a very important part of a parade Bands already lined up are the Georgetown Girls band the Cambridge Salva tion Army Band the Concert Band amd Georgetown Major ttes Anyone v anting more information about the parade or who would like to enter a float is asked to call or any time fate put over fate of a former water pumping station on Acton Main Street may be decided within a couple of weeks General administration committee last week post poned making recomrrtenda lions to council on the pro perty on the west side of Wolves dogs kill sheep Wolves arc still on the prowl around Acton according to livestock tor Clare Wilson Hills council on his recommendation approved the payment of for two sheep killed by wolves to William Dobic ft Acton In the same area J Brown had Tour ducks killed by dogs resulting in a for In area a limb owned by Mrs Branch was killed by dogs a loss have rKing Main Street South ham Hill houses Recreation director Glen Gray said he would like to what thoughts residents had concerning the land He said the number of children in the development warrants such action Why is there a lack of park land when this is a fairly new subdivision chairman Russ Miller said I thing we Actons former council blew it councillor Peter Murks said lot has a square foot concrete building on it The building Is under an unwritten lease to Mike Kmal for per year It is used for storage The committee was split on what to do with the land Miller said the place was a poor spot for recreation and said it should be sold Peter Morris on the other hand said he could not see the need to sell We can t lose money in holding onto land he said Councillor Walter said referring to Gray move to have meetings with residents If we ask people what they want and we turn it down then we re stirring up something he said it wouldn t hurt to hold up position of the lot for a couple of weeks but he added he ask residents what to do with it Cutting out one councillor from each area and leaving only one area and one regional councillor for each ward dldn t go over with Hal ton Hills councillors when it was recommended by the Bill 151 review committee set up to suggest changes in regional government set up This would leave nine at Hills council rather than the present This was the only idea put forward by the committee to be shot down Peter the review committee chairman em this was his per sonal feeling He said 13 is a cumbersome unwieldy number and said it would place the burden on the voter to choose the right person Councillor Pat McKenzic said if one of represent in the ward is away it would leave only one to contact He claimed his work load is heavy enough now Councillor claimed the people would object strongly to this since they wouldn have as many to serve them He said it would be pushing trie workload to a full time level then the ordinary working man could not run for office Councillor Mike Armstrong agreed it would be one step closer to one tier government He claimed that compared to the amount of time regional councillors spent on region business and the amount spend on local business they were vastly overpaid It would be a more correct regional council earn approach to reduce regional its pay I hope he speaking councillors salaries They for himself don t earn what they take home retorted I don t know about Mr Armstrong workload at regional council but I extremely busy I do it if I had a full time Job For him to say THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized Second Clan Mail Postal Reg it rat on Number0515 with a grand display of great styles in slacks and skirts just arrived 1 1 SUPER FALL SPECIALS I 21 C Thur Ffi Sot Only Pant Suits S1is78 MARILYNS j Milage boutique I Mill Street East Acton 8533910 suspect CHRYSTY NEWMAN WAS one of many who took part in the YMCA soup and sandwich lunch October 6 The sold out of food in the course of their most successful luncheon yet Remembrance service plan at the Legion ore planning the service Inert go out to Nassagawcyn in the aftir noon for the services at the cenotaph and church Poppies will be left in stores in Eden Mills Arrangements are being made for town and district Remembrance Day services by the Legion Poppy Day will be on day Nov 4 when Legion aires will be calling on houses and businesses They will also be selling poppies on the street if the weather at Acton cenotaph followed by a service in the United Church at with a service In the school and at with a vice in the Presbyterian church On Sunday Nov there will be Remembrance Day Police charge noisy pair Two Acton men were charged in connection with a swearing and shouting dis turbancc in the Canadian Style Donut Shop at Mill and Main Street October 12 According to police the pair v ere staggering and fall ing against pinball machines in the store In Acton the parade will take Its usual route from rot St down Mill to the cenotaph Here the service will be held with the trad itlonal laying of wreaths A service will be held in the United Church afterward The Lome Scots color party will stand guard at the ceno taph Special music in the church is planned Marching will be I he band Legion Legion Ladies Aux iliary firefighters repre sentatives of participating organizations Guides Brownies Venturers Scouts Cubs and Beavers Afterward the usual vet trans dinner will bo served Police arrested a suspect in with the smashing of the front window of I in ton store on Mill Street on October Mill Wilbur collision A collision mar the corner of Mill and Wilbur Streets re sulted in all to two cars Thursday a ft moon The car driven by John McDonald of Rock wood received about in according to Police second car driven by Kathleen of Mead vale Road took the balance police say ACTON TENNIS CLUB DANCE and AWARDS NIGHT Saturday October ACTON MUSIC CENTRE 30 m to 00 COLD BUFFET on per couple TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM TENNIS EXECUTIVE Employment With A CHALLENGE The Lome Scots D regiment are looking for people who want a challenge Starting now the Militia can offer a good part time Job that may qualify you for full tlmeaummeremployment in 1978 During the fall and winter training session you will receive training in weapons handling Military law mop using first aid and other subjects You will also participate in weekend training covering shooting and winter living You could also be eligible for driver training on Military vehicles All of the above is available to you if you ore physically fit a Canadian citizen of good character 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