Former Saskatchewan priest receives house arrest for sex abuse of two boys

CANADA
Vancouver Sun

By SARAH SACHELI and Jason Warick, Postmedia News and The StarPhoenix

WINDSOR, Ont. — Retired priest William Hodgson Marshall stood on legs weakened with age and admitted to sexually abusing two boys in Saskatchewan more than 50 years ago.

“I admit the hideousness,” Marshall, 90, said Monday, his voice trailing off. But he said he didn’t know he was hurting anyone.

“I don’t think I was a monster.”

Marshall was sentenced in a Windsor courtroom Monday to six months of house arrest.

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