CANADA
The Province

BY JENNIFER SALTMAN, THE PROVINCE MARCH 20, 2015

A former Abbotsford Hindu priest convicted of sex crimes against two teen girls was deported to India last month after being granted statutory release.

Karam Vir, 35, was found guilty in May 2013 of two counts of touching a younger person for a sexual purpose and one count of sexual assault. He was sentenced in September 2013 to 2-1/2 years in prison, minus four months of credit for time served.

The incidents that sent Vir to prison took place in 2009 and 2010 while he was employed at a Hindu temple on Walmsley Avenue. Vir made sexual advances toward the two victims, who were 17 years old, after befriending them at the temple. He had intercourse with one girl and attempted intercourse with the other.

In August 2014, Vir was denied day and full parole. In late January…