ONTARIO EX-PRIEST GETS FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR HISTORICAL SEX CRIMES

CANADA
Sun News

NEIL BOWEN | QMI AGENCY

SARNIA, Ont. – His victims said he used his “rock star” status in the church to coerce them into sexual relationships as teens. Now Gabriele DelBianco, a former priest at churches in southwestern Ontario, will serve four years in prison for his crimes.

The sentence was handed down Wednesday in a Sarnia, Ont., courtroom.

In February, court found DelBianco, 57, guilty of one count of gross indecency against one victim and sexually assaulting another woman twice.

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