CANADA
CBC News
September 26, 2018
By Sara Frizzell
Dejaeger’s appeal related to the amount of jail time awaits written decision
The Nunavut Court of Appeal will not grant ex-priest Eric Dejaeger a new trial for a 2014 conviction for sex offences in Igloolik.
Yesterday, Dejaeger’s lawyers argued in front of a panel of three judges that Justice Robert Kilpatrick made errors in his 2014 decision. The lawyers were seeking a new trial to review the evidence.
Dejaeger’s lawyer Scott Cowan had three reasons for challenging the conviction. To begin, he argued the judge did not adequately explain why he accepted some complainants’ testimonies and not others.
Dejaeger was convicted on 32 counts of various sexual offences for abusing 23 people in Igloolik. The offences ranged from anal and vaginal rape to fondling, and they took place over a four-year period in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Kilpatrick found Dejaeger not guilty on 40 counts.
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