CANADA
Winnipeg Free Press
By: James Turner
A retired archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America was sent to jail for eight months this morning for sexually molesting an altar boy at a Winnipeg parish nearly 30 years ago.
Seraphim (Kenneth) Storheim learned this morning he would not get the benefit of a conditional sentence that would have allowed him to stay free in the community while serving his sentence.
“The accused was a mature offender at the time of the offence, the offence was a gross abuse of trust and the lasting effects of the crime on the victim are serious,” Justice Chris Mainella said.
Mainella convicted Storheim, 68, of sexual assault earlier this year following a lengthy Court of Queen’s Bench trial.
The victim was an 11-year-old boy visiting Storheim from Ontario in 1985.
The sexual assault on the child consisted of a single, extremely brief, incident or inappropriate touching when both were naked in the child’s room.
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