IQALUIT, Nunavut -- A witness at the trial of a former priest accused of sex abuse against children in the Arctic has testified that he used to pluck her out of a group of playing children and rape her.

She told an Iqaluit court that Eric Dejaeger would take her to a dark corner of a room in the church building where her friends were colouring pictures.

She said the one-time Oblate missionary used to fondle her and force her to do the same to him.

Dejaeger is on trial on 69 charges of sexual abuse, threats and confinement involving children in Igloolik, Nunavut.

The attacks are alleged to have happened between 1978 and 1982.

The trial is expected to last another five weeks.