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By Leanne Murray
It was standing room only in a Red Deer courtroom Wednesday afternoon as a local pastor learned his fate after being convicted of sexual assault.
Stanley Richard Schalk, 58, was found guilty of the offence this past September following a trial in front of Provincial Court Judge Darrell Riemer.
In his verbal ruling, Riemer said Schalk took the victim, who was 42 at the time and whose name is protected under a court-ordered publication ban, to an acreage near Delburne on the afternoon of June 15, 2015. Riemer said the two were seated next to each other on a blanket on the ground when Schalk grabbed the woman’s breast without her consent.
Riemer said this left the victim angry and upset and referenced an incident about a week prior to the occurrence near Delburne where Schalk hugged the victim and grabbed her behind. Riemer said the woman told Schalk not to do that again and so he was “put on notice that that kind of conduct would not be consented to.”
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