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CAROL MULLIGAN | QMI AGENCY
SUDBURY, ON — A former cleric has written Pope Benedict, asking to be dismissed from the priesthood and from his religious order, the Basilian Fathers.
Rev. William Hodgson (Hod) Marshall was released from jail in early October after serving part of a two-year sentence. Marshall was convicted in June 2011 of 17 counts of sexual assault against 16 children and one woman in Toronto, Windsor, Cambridge and Sudbury, ON.
Marshall, 89, served as a priest and educator in this area for 21 years. He taught at St. Charles College from 1961-1970, during which time at least two parents complained to school and Basilian officials that their sons were sexually abused by Marshall. At the time, St. Charles was an all-boys school, although it is co-ed today.
Marshall was transferred from St. Charles in 1970, returning three years later as principal and serving another five years at the school.
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