The trial of an Ottawa nun accused of&nbsp;sexual assault against a former student at a northern Ontario residential school in the 1960s and 1970s, will not proceed.

Francoise Seguin, 98, a nun with the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, was <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;scheduled to enter\u00a0her plea&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.netnewsledger.com/2023/10/12/opp-unravels-decades-old-sexual-assault-case-charges-filed-after-extensive-probe/&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.netnewsledger.com/2023/10/12/opp-unravels-decades-old-sexual-assault-case-charges-filed-after-extensive-probe/">scheduled to enter&nbsp;her plea</a> regarding three counts of gross indecency, on Tuesday, in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Cochrane, Ont.

A stay of proceedings has been granted in trial of alleged sex crimes by 98-year-old nun who taught at northern residential school{ai:summary}<p>The trial of 98-year-old Francoise Seguin, a nun accused of sexual assault against a former student at a northern Ontario residential school, will not proceed. She faced three counts of gross indecency related to incidents from the 1960s and 1970s. </p><p>The case was set for a plea hearing in Ontario Superior Court but has been halted. #crime</p>

Trial of 98-year-old nun accused of sex assault on student stayed over evidentiary problems

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