The Cassock and the Crown: Canada's Most Controversial Murder Trial

L'affaire Delorme, dubbed the trial of century at the time, is Canada's most controversial murder case. The prosecution of a Roman Catholic priest for the murder of his brother, it captured public imagination not only in Canada but throughout the world.

On 7 January 1922 Raoul Delorme's body was discovered in a Montreal suburb. He had been shot six times at close range. The victim's half-brother, Father Adélard Delorme, quickly became the prime suspect as circumstantial evidence pointed dire...