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Ottawa police arrested the former priest in 2013 after five male complainants came forward with allegations he molested them when they were between the ages of nine and 13 at the former Notre-Dame-des-Anges parish near Tunney’s Pasture.

All the complainants, whose names are shielded by a publication ban, recounted similar stories of Faucher touching them while he sat them on his knee when he was alone with them in his office.

He was found guilty in March 2016 of six counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on evidence from three of the five boys who testified against him.

One of the conditions of his release from custody in 2013 was to not attend any public parks or swimming pools where children under the age of 16 are expected to be present. However, a variation in his bail application permitted him to visit the public Lowertown Pool, but only in the section for people 50 and older on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Faucher was not permitted to visit the pool at the Centre aquatique Paul-Pelletier.

Faucher and his surety signed the document on March 1, 2013 and he was released on a $3,000 bond.

When he appeared at the Gatineau courthouse on Tuesday following a warrant for his arrest, a justice of the peace denied his bail and ordered that he remain in custody.

His lawyer on the breach charges, Pascal Cloutier, did not return the Citizen’s calls on Thursday.

Faucher is scheduled to return to the Gatineau courthouse on Feb. 13 for the breach charge, which will be dealt with separately from his molestation trial.