CANADA
680 News
The Canadian Press Sep 12, 2014
IQALUIT, Nunavut – A Nunavut judge is expected to deliver a verdict today in a trial of a former Roman Catholic priest on 68 counts of sex abuse against Inuit children more than 30 years ago.
Justice Robert Kilpatrick’s decision could be the final step in a legal saga that spanned two continents and tore apart a remote Arctic community.
The trial of defrocked Oblate priest Eric Dejaeger, which began last December in an Iqaluit courtroom, was marked by high emotion and lurid tales.
Witness after witness told court that Dejaeger used his position as Igloolik’s missionary to lure and trap them into sex, threatening them with hellfire or separation from their families if they told.
Several told of bestiality involving Dejaeger’s dog.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.