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  Convicted Ex-priest Wants Sentencing Delay

Hamilton Spectator
July 16, 2010

http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/809099

A former priest who sexually molested three altar boys in the late 1970s to mid-1980s is recovering from surgery and wants to delay sentencing by several months.

Donald Grecco, 70, pleaded guilty earlier this year to three counts of gross indecency and was remanded out of custody for sentencing by Ontario Court Justice Kathryn Hawke.

Grecco did not appear in court today. His lawyer, Brian Donnelly filed medical reports on his behalf and said his client would require one to three months to recover.

Hawke asked Donnelly and prosecutor Greg Smith to return Aug. 30 to set a date for sentencing.

Grecco, who is now married and living in Picton, served as parish priest in Cayuga, Welland, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fonthill. The abuse followed a similar pattern.

He would befriend the victim’s family and ask the boys to do odd jobs or take them on trips. Once alone with a boy, Grecco would initiate play fights that progressed to sexual touching.

 
 

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