CANADA
Times Colonist
Louise Dickson / Times Colonist
March 7, 2013
The sentencing of a Roman Catholic priest convicted of sexually touching a young person while in a position of trust will not take place until at least early June.
Last week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper found Father Phil Jacobs deliberately touched a young person between the ages of 14 and 18 for a sexual purpose.
The offence occurred between Jan. 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Jacobs, who was parish priest at St. Joseph the Worker in Saanich from 1997 to 2002, was acquitted of three other charges, including sexual assault and two counts of sexually touching a person under 14.
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