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CTV Atlantic
Published Friday, Nov. 23, 2012
A former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for sex crimes in Yarmouth.
Albert LeBlanc faced 50 counts, all alleging the sexual abuse of boys during his days in Yarmouth County, where he worked first as a priest and later, after he left the priesthood in 1975, as a probation officer.
LeBlanc pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent assault dating back to the 1970s – each with the name of a different victim attached.
Today, Judge James Burrill accepted a joint recommendation by the crown and defence.
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