CANADA
The Record
By Record staff
A retired Anglican priest from Cambridge has been found guilty of sex offences dating back almost 25 years.
Rev. George Ferris, 66, faced two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation in connection with offences that took place in Brant County between 1983 and 1989.
His trial in October was held in Ontario Court in Brantford. The Brantford Expositor reports a 42-year-old witness testified he was molested over several years from the age of about 13, in a situation that escalated from embraces to oral and anal sex. The court was also told the witness asked Ferris for “hush” money in 2006, and received $5,000 deposited in his bank account.
Ferris served at St. James’ Anglican Church on Ellis Road in Cambridge for about nine years until his retirement at the end of December 2010. He served as interim priest at St. James’ Anglican Church in Ingersoll in 2011.
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