Joseph-Aurèle Plourde
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His Excellency Joseph-Aurèle Plourde |
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| Archbishop of Ottawa | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Ottawa |
| Province | Ottawa |
| Metropolis | Ottawa |
| Installed | 1967 |
| Term ended | 1989 |
| Predecessor | Marie-Joseph Lemieux |
| Successor | Marcel André J. Gervais |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 7, 1944 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 12, 1915 Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick |
| Died | January 5, 2013 (aged 97) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
| Parents | Antoine Plourde and Suzanne Albert |
| Occupation | clergy |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph College Memramcook Holy Heart Seminary, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, OC (January 12, 1915 – January 5, 2013) was a Canadian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa.
Archbishop Plourde was born in Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick to Antoine Plourde and Suzanne Albert, the eighth of 11 children. and attended the St. Joseph College in Memramcook, New Brunswick and Holy Heart Seminary in Halifax, Nova Scotia before becoming ordained as a priest in 1944. Besides his priesthood, Plourde was also professor of social studies and philosophy at Saint-Louis College in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
Plourde was never held to account in court for his role and/or knowledge in connection to the widespread sexual abuse of children by several priests within the Ottawa diocese throughout the 1970s and early 1980s: all occurring under his tenure as Archbishop. He did not apologize--either personally or on behalf of the diocese--to the victims of these highly documented criminal abuses. In 1986, he was quoted on the record blaming the media, parishioners and the victims' families for having come forward with allegations that ultimately led to the criminal conviction of Dale Crampton, among other priests within his diocese.
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