Former Parish Priest Robert Couture Found Guilty of Theft over $5k

Windsor Star
December 10, 2015

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Jurors returned with a guilty verdict in the case of the former Ste. Anne Parish pastor shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday.

Assistant Crown attorney Tom Meehan says he might seek jail time for the disgraced priest. He doesn’t know how much but the maximum is 10 years.

Jurors began deliberations late Wednesday following closing arguments and a two-hour charge by Superior Court Justice Scott Campbell.

Couture was on trial for one count of theft over $5,000. He allegedly pocketed money from donation plates, candle boxes, wedding and funeral fees and what a prosecutor called a “bogus” church bank account.