Former Peterborough Youth Pastor to Face Another Trial

By Jason Bain
Peterborough Examiner
February 24, 2016

http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/02/24/former-peterborough-youth-pastor-to-face-another-trial

A former city youth pastor given a 90-day intermittent sentence last year for historical sexual assault will face trial again late this year for outstanding charges of administering a stupefying substance and administering a noxious thing.

Clifton Pelley, 50, appeared in Peterborough Superior Court of Justice on Wednesday where the non-jury trial expected to last between seven and 10 days was scheduled to begin Dec. 5 in Lindsay, with pre-trial motions set for Sept. 26 and assignment court Oct. 17.

The outstanding charges relate to another alleged victim in the case who was not part of Pelley’s non-jury trial, which took place from Oct. 20 to 28, 2014.

A judicial pre-trial, where lawyers from both sides meet before a judge to narrow the scope of a case, usually behind closed doors, was also completed Wednesday – even though Pelley did not have a lawyer formally on the record.