CANADA
CBC News
A Manitoba judge has reserved his decision in sentencing a former Orthodox archbishop convicted of sexual assault against an altar boy in Winnipeg during the 1980s.
After listening to sentencing submissions on Wednesday, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Christopher Mainella said he will provide a decision on July 9 in the case against Seraphim Kenneth Storheim, 68.
The Crown is seeking a 12-month jail sentence while the defence is calling for a conditional sentence with no jail time.
Storheim had been accused of sexually assaulting two pre-teen brothers in 1985. He had faced two counts — one for each boy.
Earlier this year, he was found guilty in one case but not the other.
A number of Storheim’s supporters were in the courtroom for Wednesday’s hearing, and some appeared upset by the Crown’s remarks, the CBC’s Nelly Gonzalez reported.
The Crown said Storheim may have many friends and admirers, but that shows he has a “good skill in developing trust in others.”
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