Former Winnipeg Priest Sentenced to 15 Months for Sexually Abusing Teenage Boy

CBC
June 6, 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/roland-lanoie-sentencing-1.5628332

Roland Lanoie, who is retired now, was working as an ordained priest, holding various positions within the Archdiocese of St. Boniface, at the time of the offences, police said at the time of the former priest's arrest. (terredazur/YouTube)

A former Roman Catholic priest who sexually abused a 15-year-old boy almost four decades ago has been sentenced to 15 months in jail.

Roland Lanoie, 72, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault earlier this month.

His jail sentence will be followed by two years of supervised probation, during which time he must not work or volunteer in a position of trust involving children, a recommendation made by Crown attorney Dayna Queau-Guzzi.

At Lanoie's sentencing on Thursday, provincial court Judge Ryan Rolston talked about the importance of a sentence that reflects the seriousness of the offence and the responsibility of the convicted person. The multiple sexual assaults suffered by the victim resulted in trauma, Rolston said.

Police launched an investigation into Lanoie in early 2018 after a man told them he was the victim of a series of sexual assaults from 1982 to 1988.

A former Roman Catholic priest who sexually abused a 15-year-old boy almost four decades ago has been sentenced to 15 months in jail.

Roland Lanoie, 72, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault earlier this month.

His jail sentence will be followed by two years of supervised probation, during which time he must not work or volunteer in a position of trust involving children, a recommendation made by Crown attorney Dayna Queau-Guzzi.

At Lanoie's sentencing on Thursday, provincial court Judge Ryan Rolston talked about the importance of a sentence that reflects the seriousness of the offence and the responsibility of the convicted person. The multiple sexual assaults suffered by the victim resulted in trauma, Rolston said.

Police launched an investigation into Lanoie in early 2018 after a man told them he was the victim of a series of sexual assaults from 1982 to 1988.