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NEIL BOWEN | QMI AGENCY
SARNIA, Ont. – Former Ontario Catholic priest Gabriele DelBianco, 57, was acquitted Monday morning of sexual misconduct charges involving two women, but rulings on charges involving two other women were to be made later in the day.
Superior Court Justice Joseph Donobue said he was concerned about the evidence and believed the women could have consented to the sexual activity.
DelBianco had pleaded not guilty to 16 offences involving four teenage girls during the 1980s.
The trial started Oct. 16 , 2013 and testimony from four women, now in their 40s, ended in October. DelBianco chose not to testify.
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