CANADA
Nunatsiaq Online
JIM BELL
The man the Belgian press called “Pater Pedo,” ex-priest Eric Dejaeger, 67, is guilty on 24 of the 68 charges he stood trial on at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit, Justice Robert Kilpatrick ruled Sept. 12 in a massive 212-page judgment.
Combined with the eight indecent assault charges he pleaded guilty to this past November at the start of his trial, this means Dejaeger is guilty on 32 counts, most involving the sexual molestation of Inuit children in Igloolik between 1976 and 1982.
Kilpatrick convicted him on many counts of indecent assault on boys and girls, and one count of bestiality with a dog, one count of forcible confinement, and one count of sexual assault.
Dejaeger, who originally faced 80 charges, will likely be sentenced early next year, following a sentencing hearing in Iqaluit scheduled to start Jan. 19, 2015.
Prosecutor Doug Curliss said the Crown will likely need about three days of court time to present its sentencing submission, which will include time to read victim impact statements from complainants involved in the charges that Dejaeger is convicted on.
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