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By Kyle Slavin – Victoria News
Published: July 19, 2013

The justice presiding over the sentencing hearing of a former Saanich priest found guilty of touching a young person for a sexual purpose has adjourned the trial to September.

Justice J. Miriam Gropper said she didn’t want to rush her decision on handing down her sentence to Phil Jacobs.

Crown prosecutor Clare Jennings argued Friday during the sentencing hearing for a four- to six-month prison sentence for Jacobs, following by two years probation. He would also be put on the National Sex Offender Registry, and be included in the National DNA Data Bank.

The guilty charge stems from a witness testimony regarding tutoring sessions at Jacobs’ house on the grounds of St. Joseph the Worker Parish on Burnside Road West. The church is connected to St. Joseph the Worker school, where the young victim went…