Lajoie Fate in Kahnawake to be Decided Friday and Saturday

A vote will be held in Kahnawake over two days to determine what to do with the remains of Father Leon Lajoie who was the Priest at the Kateri Catholic Church in Kahnawake. He died in 1999 and was buried on the grounds. There was a survey held in the community earlier this year asking Kahnawakero:non if the Priest should be exhumed or left where he is. An independent report was also released from the Jesuits of Canada into allegations of abuse against Lajoie. That report concluded there were no credible reports of abuse.

“The vote is going to be held on two days, Friday March 25th and on Saturday,” Maris Jacobs, told the Morning D on K1037. Jacobs is the Special Projects Coordinator at PlanIT Consulting and Communications which is overseeing the vote in Kahnawake. “The polls will open at 10 am Friday, the 25th, and they will close at 8 pm. The following day they will open back up at 8 am and polls will officially close at 4 pm. After which counting of the ballots will continue. You need to be on the KKR (Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry). Membership will be present at the Golden Age Club.”