Bishop Lahey Sentenced Today

By Josh Pringle
CFRA
January 4, 2012

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A disgraced Roman Catholic Bishop will be sentenced today in an Ottawa courtroom for importing child pornography.

Raymond Lahey volunteered to go to jail to begin serving his sentence when he pleaded guilty in May to one count of importing child pornography.

Lahey was arrested at the Ottawa International Airport in September 2009, and Ottawa Police say they found hundreds of pornographic photos of young boys on his laptop and a handheld device.

A psychiatrist told the court last month that testing suggested the 71-year-old cleric is not a pedophile.

The Crown asked for a sentence of between 18 and 22 months.

The judge ruled Lahey will receive two for one credit for time served while awaiting sentencing.