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	Self-described Pastor Guilty of Sex Assault a 2nd Time CBC News December 19, 2009 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/18/pastor-sex-abuse.html The self-described pastor of a defunct Montreal church has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Daniel Cormier, 58, was convicted of the crime in a Montreal courtroom on Friday. He's already serving a five-year sentence, handed down last January, for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he had claimed as his bride after a ceremony at his Downtown Church. The victim at the centre of the latest trial was a parishioner and volunteer at the facility. Cormier was accused of sexually exploiting the girl between 1993 and 1995 when she was 16 and 17 years old. She told the court she was naive and had no sexual experience before meeting Cormier at his so-called church. Eventually they ended up together at a religious retreat in the Laurentians, with her sleeping in his bed. Cormier tried to tell the judge it was the teenager who tried to seduce him, but the judge ruled it was actually Cormier who was responsible — that he was the one in a position of trust. Crown lawyer Anne Gauvin said Cormier was, in effect, blaming his victim and that people like him often find themselves in charge of children or young girls who may be vulnerable. Cormier will return to court on Feb. 1 for sentencing arguments.
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