CANADA
The Sudbury Star
Carol Mulligan
The Sudbury Star
Monday, October 14, 2013
A former Sudbury Roman Catholic priest has been denied full parole by the Parole Board of Canada two years into his five-year sentence.
Parole was denied partly because Bernard Cloutier isn’t accepting responsibility or showing remorse for sexually assaulting children as long as four decades ago.
Cloutier, 71, was convicted in July 2009 of four counts of indecent assault against a male, four acts of gross indecency and four sexual assault charges against four boys aged 13-16 years from 1974 until 1983. He appealed those convictions, but they were upheld in July 2011.
One of Cloutier’s victims, Jerome Myre, now 43, travelled to Joyceville last month to present an impact statement to the Parole Board of Canada. He described how being abused by Cloutier when he was parish priest at L’Annonciation Church has affected his life.
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