Anglican Priest Accused in 1980s Youth Sex Assaults Faces Additional Charges

By Paige Parsons
Edmonton Journal
January 11, 2017

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/anglican-priest-accused-in-1980s-youth-sex-assaults-faces-additional-charges

Gordon William Dominey is shown in this undated photo. The former Edmonton Anglican priest faces sex-related charges stemming from the 1980s. THE CANADIAN PRESS

An Anglican priest now faces upwards of 30 charges for gross indecency and sexual assault, after being arrested early last year on allegations that he abused teenage boys in an Edmonton youth jail during the 1980s.

Gordon William Dominey, 64, was first charged in February 2016 after five complainants alleged the priest abused them while they were in the Edmonton Youth Development Centre between 1985 and 1989. Those complainants were between the ages of 14 and 17 at the time of the alleged abuses.

By March 2016, an additional four complainants had come forward and police laid additional charges, bringing the total to 27, including 18 sexual-assault charges and nine gross-indecency charges.

Seven more charges — four counts of sexual assault and three counts of gross indecency — were laid in October 2016. EPS confirmed Wednesday that the more recent charges also stem from incidents alleged to have happened in the 1980s.

In Edmonton provincial court Tuesday, Dominey appeared for a preliminary hearing on his initial 27 charges. After electing to have the seven more recent charges also tried by judge and jury, it was determined all 33 counts will be dealt with during the preliminary hearing.

Father Gordon William Dominey. SUPPLIED

Dominey sat next to his lawyer in the small courtroom where the 10-day preliminary hearing is expected to play out over the next two months. All evidence presented during the preliminary inquiry is protected by a publication ban.

Dominey worked as a priest at the now demolished youth detention centre during the 1980s, and is believed to have moved to British Columbia in 1990.

He has been on administrative leave from his post at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver since being arrested and charged in February 2016. He was released on bail a short time later.

He continues to reside in B.C., and will travel back and forth to Edmonton for his court proceedings.

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