CANADA
Edmonton Journal
ALEXANDRA ZABJEK, EDMONTON JOURNAL
Published on: December 13, 2015
A victim of a notorious pedophile who worked at a Catholic Church in Edmonton in the 1970s is suing the former priest, the Archdiocese of Edmonton, and the Oblate Fathers of Assumption Province for $3-million.
In a statement of claim filed in court last week, the plaintiff — a resident of Edmonton who is not identified — said she was a five-year-old girl when Eric Dejaeger befriended her and started spending time with her under the guise of spiritual guidance.
Dejaeger has since been convicted of sexually assaulting numerous children while working in Canada, including the woman who filed the lawsuit. He is currently serving a 19-year sentence for 32 sex offences against Inuit children between 1978 and 1982. As part of that prison term, he is serving five years concurrent for his assaults on the woman.
During his time in Edmonton, Dejaeger was studying to be a priest and spent time at the Charles Camsell Hospital Parish where the woman’s family attended services. She met Dejaeger in 1975 and knew him for three years.
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