B.C. appeal court reserves judgment of stay of proceedings against bishop
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A B.C. Court of Appeals has reserved judgment in the Bishop Hubert O'Connor case.
Crown Prosecutor Malcolm Macaulay and a coalition of women's groups, including the Aboriginal Women's Council, and the Department of Justice want he court to lift a stay of proceedings issued B.C. Supreme Court Judge Allan Thackery in O'Connor's sexual assault case.
O'Connor, the highest ranking Catholic official in Canada, is accused of raping two female employees and indecently assaulting two students in the '60s at the now-defunct St. Joseph's school.
