CANADA
CBC News
The trial of a former Oblate priest resumed this morning in Iqaluit.
Sixty-six-year-old Eric Dejaeger faces dozens of charges of alleged sexual abuse against children in Igloolik three decades ago.
Today, Crown prosecutor Doug Curliss made an application before the court asking whether he can cross-examine Eric Dejaeger regarding his criminal record.
Curliss argued there are questions surrounding Dejaeger’s character and morality and he wants to ask him about some of his testimony.
Dejaeger’s lawyer Malcolm Kempt says the Crown’s application should simply be denied.
He says the Crown has already asked leading questions of his client
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