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An Anglican priest now faces upwards of 30 charges for gross indecency and sexual assault, after being arrested early last year on allegations that he abused teenage boys in an Edmonton youth jail during the 1980s.

Gordon William Dominey, 64, was first charged in February 2016 after five complainants alleged the priest abused them while they were in the Edmonton Youth Development Centre between 1985 and 1989. Those complainants were between the ages of 14 and 17 at the time of the alleged abuses.

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By March 2016, an additional four complainants had come forward and police laid additional charges, bringing the total to 27, including 18 sexual-assault charges and nine gross-indecency charges.

Seven more charges — four counts of sexual assault and three counts of gross indecency — were laid in October 2016. EPS confirmed Wednesday that the more recent charges also stem from incidents alleged to have happened in the 1980s.