France has received a request from Canada to extradite retired Roman Catholic priest Johannes Rivoire so he can face a charge of sexual abuse from when he worked in Canada's North, a French diplomatic source said.
Canada's northern indigenous people, the Inuit, plan to press the Pope Francis while he is on a visit on Friday to help return Rivoire to Canada.
"An extradition request concerning Mr. Johannes Rivoire has been transmitted to France by Canada’s judicial authorities," the diplomatic source told Reuters. "This request is currently being processed by the Ministry of Justice, which has asked Canadian authorities for additional information.”
