Panaji, June 14 (IANS) A Goa court Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against a Roman Catholic priest at  present serving at a church in Calgary, Canada, in connection with a criminal complaint he filed in 2004.

 
 First Class Judicial Magistrate Sarika Faldessai issued the warrent Tuesday, directing the police to present Fr. Newton Rodrigues to the courtroom in order to facilitate his deposition in the trial against social activist Aires Rodrigues and 14 others.
 
 The priest in 2004 filed a case against Aires Rodrigues and 14 others for intimidation and arson. But he failed to appear before the court to depose in connection with the case, forcing the magistrate to issue a warrant against him.
 
 A similar warrant issued by the court last week was returned unserved by the Goa Police Crime Branch, claiming that it had been unable to serve it on the priest, who is currently in Calgary.
 
 Newton Rodrigues was earlier in 2004 charged with molesting a 13-year-old girl in Goa. But the case was later closed by the police for lack of evidence.