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NEIL BOWEN | QMI AGENCY
SARNIA, ON — A former priest charged with sexual assault officiated at the wedding of one of his alleged victims, court heard Thursday.
Gabriele DelBianco, 57, is on trial for 16 sexual offences involving four women during the 1980s.
He has pleaded not guilty.
The woman, now in her 40s, testified she would move away when DelBianco tried to kiss her but did submit to his request to remove ingrown hairs from his genital area. She was 14 at the time.
Another time she stayed overnight at a cottage with DelBianco, with her parents’ permission. They drank alcohol and, she said, she became tired and then paralyzed as DelBianco got on top of her while they were watching television. At that point, her vision was blurry, but she realized he was having intercourse with her.
“I felt myself trying to push him away, but I couldn’t,” she said.
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