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	Pedophile Jailed for Sex Crimes By Dan Ferguson Surrey Leader July 11, 2007 http://www.surreyleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=73&cat=23&id=1023646&more=0 A convicted sex offender responsible for molesting dozens of young victims in Ontario has been convicted of more attacks and sent back to prison. Ralph Rowe, 67, has been living in Surrey since the former Anglican priest and Scout leader was released from jail in 1998. Rowe had served four-and-a-half years of a six-year jail term for groping 18 First Nations boys between the ages of six and 16 in several remote northern Ontario communities between 1971 and 1986. He pleaded guilty to 39 counts of indecent assault in 1994 under terms of a plea bargain that promised he would serve no additional jail time if convicted of other similar offences. Later in 1994, Rowe pleaded guilty to molesting three other boys but didn't serve jail time because of the plea bargain. Now a Kenora Superior Court Judge has convicted Rowe of sexually assaulting three more boys in northern Ontario during the '70s and '80s and sentenced him to three years in jail on multiple counts that included convictions for forcible rape and attempted rape. The judge ruled that the plea bargain did not cover allegations that were more serious in nature than the "fondling" charges Rowe was originally convicted of in 1994. Rowe has been described as one of the most prolific pedophiles Canada has ever seen, one who committed sex crimes in every small village he visited in northwest Ontario. Rowe used to live in Thompson, Manitoba. His move to Surrey was made before Canadian police departments began routinely issuing public advisories when potentially dangerous sexual offenders move into a community. dferguson@surreyleader.com
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