FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis talks to Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada as he inaugurates the work of the International Symposium "For a fundamental theology of the priesthood" at the Vatican, February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet denied on Friday accusations of sexual assault levelled against him by a woman who has said the aggression took place more than a decade ago when he was archbishop of Quebec.
"I firmly deny having made inappropriate gestures on her person, and I consider the interpretation and dissemination of these accusations as sexual assaults to be defamatory," Ouellet said in a statement.
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