Priest with local ties is sentenced to jail time

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Mike McCulloch 570 News
May 29, 2012

A former Catholic priest who served in parishes throughout southern Ontario has been sentenced to 15 months in jail.

James Boudreau served in parishes in Guelph, Kitchener, Hamilton and Burlington.

And has been convicted on one count of sexual assault involving a teenager, dating back to 1984.

Boudreau was also sentenced to six months on a second charge after another person came forward regarding an incident in 1983.

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