CANADA
CBC News
By Nick Murray, CBC News
Former Roman Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger, who is serving time for sexually abusing children in Igloolik, was in an Iqaluit courtroom yesterday expecting to hear an update on whether his outstanding charges from Alberta will be heard in Nunavut.
Instead, Dejaeger will return Thursday morning because his lawyer didn’t call in to the court in time due to a misunderstanding.
Dejaeger, who in February was convicted of 24 sex-related charges involving children more than 30 years ago, had applied to have his three outstanding Alberta-based sex-related charges heard in the Nunavut Court of Justice.
The charges stem from a period in the mid-1970s, when he was studying at the Newman Theological College in Edmonton.
The 68-year-old Dejaeger appeared wearing the standard-issue navy blue sweats from the Baffin Correctional Centre, where he’s serving a 19-year sentence. He wore a pair of glasses with brown frames, and his white beard had become long and puffy.
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