Is there a close connection between a priest and a parish priest?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.E.W. v. United Church of Canada, 2005 BCSC 564 (CanLII):
In Doe v. Bennett the evidence clearly meets the close connection test. The defendant’s activities with boys were organized and controlled by him as parish priest. As a parish priest he was directed by the Code of Cannon Law how to have special care for the education of children and young people.
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