OTTAWA (CANADA)
Ottawa Citizen
July 14, 2020
By Andrew Duffy
The mental fitness of a former Ottawa priest is now in question as he awaits sentencing on two counts of sexual assault.
Barry McGrory, 85, once a star cleric in the Catholic Church, was convicted more than a year ago of sexually abusing two teenage boys in a church rectory.
But a series of extraordinary delays in his sentencing means it’s now in doubt. McGrory failed to show up for his first sentencing hearing in November, then the judge in his case fell ill before she could deliver her verdict, then the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the province’s justice system.
At a hearing Tuesday, conducted by teleconference, court heard that McGrory recently completed a five-day psychiatric assessment at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.
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