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	Pedophilia Suspect Deported to Canada By Matt McClure Toronto Star [India] June 7, 2007 http://www.thestar.com/News/article/222686 New delhi–After nearly 11 years of delay and government fumbles, a Canadian man charged with sexually abusing young boys is finally being extradited to face trial. Escorted by a trio of RCMP officers, Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh boarded a flight from India late yesterday and was expected to arrive in Canada today. A police spokesperson says the 63-year-old could make a court appearance in Nova Scotia as early as tomorrow."Once he's back on Canadian soil we'll read him his rights and handcuff him," said RCMP Cpl. Al Affleck. MacIntosh's forced journey is the latest stage in a decade-long saga in which Canadian authorities dragged their feet, leaving the accused pedophile free to roam overseas. RCMP first charged MacIntosh in 1995 after a former Nova Scotia man alleged he was abused as a young boy. But it wasn't until last year that Canada asked India to arrest the bearded bachelor and send him back. Officers who arrived in New Delhi on the weekend to escort MacIntosh to Canada faced the prospect of a further delay after an Indian judge ruled the accused should undergo tests to ensure he was fit to travel. According to his lawyer, MacIntosh has leukemia and has lost weight during his two-month incarceration in New DelhiSharat Kapoor says his client decided to leave now and seek medical attention in Canada. For one of MacIntosh's alleged victims, news of his extradition was small solace after years of frustration. "There's been a lot of tears and sleepless nights wondering whether this day would ever come," he said. "This is the first day in a long while when I can say I have any faith at all in our criminal justice system," he said. The charges in Canada date to the 1970s and involve eight men who say they were fondled or forced to engage in oral sex as young boys. In some cases, the alleged victims say they were first plied with alcohol.Officials with the federal justice department and the Nova Scotia prosecution service blame one another for the delays, but can provide no clear explanation as to why the case fell through the cracks. While the file languished on lawyers' desks in Ottawa and Halifax, MacIntosh twice renewed his Canadian passport despite regulations that should have allowed authorities to refuse or revoke the his travel document. A sales manager with major electronics firms, MacIntosh continued to live in New Delhi's finest neighbourhoods and travel frequently for business and pleasure. Since moving to India in 1994 and during several prior visits, MacIntosh befriended dozens of boys he met through churches, schools and casual encounters. As revealed in the Sunday Star, two former students of Gandhi Ashram – a school in northeast India run by a Canadian priest – now say MacIntosh took them to area hotels and abused them. Banished from the campus in 1999 after the allegations of abuse surfaced, MacIntosh continued to frequent another Darjeeling school, contributing money for one boy's tuition and taking a group of male students on a holiday. "Don't you forget I love you" says a message he apparently sent to a 14-year-old mere hours before officers came knocking at MacIntosh's apartment door.
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