CANADA
Times Colonist
Bloggers and others exercising their freedom of expression should not forget that freedom involves responsibilities, and that the wide-open reaches of the Internet are not beyond the reach of the law.
A Victoria man was found guilty this week of breaching a publication ban on evidence presented at a preliminary hearing of a priest who was later convicted of sexually touching a young person.
He had twice posted information containing specific allegations to a website that covers sex-abuse scandals and betrayals of trust in the Roman Catholic Church.
The final disposition of the blogger’s case depends on the outcome of a challenge to the constitutionality of the section of the Criminal Code dealing with publication bans.
Regardless, the judge has found that the blogger was aware of the ban and published the evidence intentionally.
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