Montreal Deacon Allegedly Made Child Porn

By Giuseppe Valiante
The Canoe
December 23, 2012

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/12/22/20449966.html


MONTREAL - A well-known Montreal-area Deacon who once spoke on behalf of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, has been charged with production and distribution of child pornography.

William Kokesch, 65, appeared in a Montreal courtroom Saturday afternoon via videoconference. The day prior, based on a tip from the public, Montreal police searched two locations in the city’s west end, including Kokesch’s home, and allegedly found more than 2,000 child porn images.

Montreal police spokesperson Dany Richer wouldn’t give details about Kokesch’s alleged victims. Nor would he say if any of the children in the images seized from Kokesch’s home were members the church.

Before his arrest, Kokesch was Deacon at St. Edmund of Canterbury, a Catholic church in the town of Beaconsfield, which is on the island of Montreal. Kokesch used to work as spokesman for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and was involved in the World Youth Day celebrations in the cities of Cologne, Toronto, Paris and Rome.