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	Former Priest from Windsor, Ont., Convicted of Abusing 3 Teen Boys in Haiti Winnipeg Free Press April 1, 2010 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/former-priest-from-windsor-ont-convicted-of-abusing-3-teen-boys-in-haiti-89720432.html WINDSOR, Ont. - A Canadian missionary who pleaded guilty to sex crimes Thursday is remorseful and hopes to one day resume his work, his lawyer said. The missionary, John Duarte, who once served as a Roman Catholic priest in southwestern Ontario, was convicted of sexual interference involving three teens in Haiti between 2000 and 2006. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail, with credit for 10 months already served, followed by three years on strict probation. His lawyer, Andrew Bradie, said Duarte was remorseful and had made a step forward. "He's a person who can do tremendous things and help; on the other hand he had this weakness," Bradie said. "I'm hopeful somewhere down the road when he is released, finished his probation, he'll resume the compassionate work he can do to help the community, this one or somewhere else." Duarte was arrested in the Dominican Republic in October 2009 and extradited to Canada to face the charges related to the sexual exploitation of boys in Haiti. Court was told he gave money and gifts, including the promise of payments for schooling, in exchange for sexual favours. Duarte served Catholic parishes in London, Leamington, St. Clair Beach and Windsor - all in southwestern Ontario - before moving to Haiti in 2003.
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