Serious concerns about Father Lucien Larre’s competence were behind the decision to bar him from practice as a psychologist, but the Catholic priest had another theory for what happened, according to court documents filed a decade ago.
The issue, Larre alleged, was his role in extradition proceedings for a high-profile Nazi.
“My problem is not professional or personal. The problem is politics. I did something to upset the Jewish people. I know it sounds horrible but that’s exactly what happened,” the priest told a psychologist who evaluated him for the College of Psychologists of B.C.
The college’s reasons for investigating Larre
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