A few years later in 1996, Louis André, parish priest of the hamlet of Ottré in the Province of Luxembourg (not to be confounded with the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), was arrested and accused of the rape of two boys. He was set free eight months later. He was then ordered by Church authorities to leave his post and retire to a monastery, but he successfully resisted the order, supported by a group of his parishioners. Four years later, however, André was accused of several additional acts of sexual contact and rape, dating to between 1964 and 1996, including the alleged rape of several girls under 10 years old, one of whom was his own niece.