WINNIPEG (MANITOBA, CANADA)
Winnipeg Free Press
June 25, 2020
By Dean Pritchard
A retired Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to 15 months in jail after admitting to sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy nearly 40 years ago.
Roland Lanoie, 72, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of sexual assault for offences dating back to 1982.
The abuse began shortly after the boy had been sent to live at St. Boniface Minor Seminary following the death of his mother.
“Mr. Lanoie was his priest and his parents all at once,” provincial court Judge Ryan Rolston said Thursday. “It is difficult to imagine a more profound and multi-layered breach of trust.”
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