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Nunatsiaq News
DAVID MURPHY
Eric Dejaeger, the Oblate missionary accused of sex crimes against Inuit children alleged to have occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s, appeared before the the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit Oct. 1 to plead not guilty to 76 charges.
That not-guilty plea is something Crown prosecutor Barry Nordin said he expected.
Now, a 10-week trial will start Oct. 28, 2013, and is expected to continue until early 2014.
There are 41 complainants on the 76-count indictment. Hearing all the evidence from the complainants and a variety of other witnesses will take at least eight weeks, Nordin said.
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