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	Sexually Abusive Priest's Prison Death Natural: Inquest CBC News January 23, 2008 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/01/23/ot-sylvestre-080123.html The 84-year-old retired priest convicted of sexually abusing dozens of girls died of natural causes, a coroner's inquest has concluded. The jury said Wednesday that nothing could have been done to prevent Charles Sylvestre's death at the Kingston Penitentiary on Jan. 22, 2007, the Kingston Whig-Standard reported. Sylvestre's official cause of death was pneumonia, but he had other health problems such as age-related dementia. Related Elderly Ontario priest convicted of abuse dies in jail Former Ont. priest sentenced to 3 years in prison Retired Ontario priest pleads guilty to 47 sex charges Fifth Estate: The good father Sylvestre pleaded guilty in October 2006 to 47 counts of sexual abuse against young girls at parishes in Chatham, Sarnia, London and Paincourt over a 30-year period. At the time of his death, he had served less than four months of his three-year sentence. Under the Coroners Act, an inquest must be held whenever a person dies in custody.
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