CANADA
CBC News
Former Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger was back on the stand this morning facing cross examination in Iqaluit.
The 66-year-old is facing dozens of charges related to alleged sexual abuse of children in Igloolik, Nunavut three decades ago.
Some of the complainants have told the court they were abused by Dejaeger while he heard their confession.
Today, Dejaeger denied having listened to confessions while working in Igloolik at the mission for four years. He says that was the job of the main priest, Father Robert Lechat.
Dejaeger was the priest in training. He says he conducted mass, performed baptisms, marriages and provided counselling.
Crown prosecutor Doug Curliss asked if he heard confessions over religious holidays like Easter and Christmas. There was one period when Lechat was gone eight months straight.
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