Priest Found Guilty of 31 Counts of Sexually Abusing Children

Canoe
September 11, 2014

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2014/09/12/21936766.html

Nunavut priest Eric Dejaeger was found guilty Friday of 31 counts of sexually abusing Inuit children between 1976 and 1982.

The convictions include unlawful confinement, indecent assault, unlawful sexual intercourse, and one count of bestiality.

He had previously pleaded guilty to eight charges of indecent assault against boys.

Dejaeger, 67, was acquitted on 48 counts.

Allegations ranged from sexual touching to rape.

One defendant, identified as CP, told court about catching Dejaeger having sex with a dog, then being locked in a room where Dejaeger proceeded to rape him and a friend, identified as JU.