Prison sentence recommended for defrocked Catholic priest after indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
January 24, 2025
The Crown and defence are recommending a prison sentence of six years for a former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against several Inuit children decades ago.A courtroom in Iqaluit has heard horrific details of the sexual abuse Eric Dejaeger inflicted on six girls and one boy between 1978 and 1982 in the hamlet of Igloolik, Nunavut.
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