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Transcript: Father Joe LeClair apologizes to parishioners for fraud
Metro metronews.ca January 22, 2014 Updated: January 22, 2014 | 5:31 pm By Joe Lofaro Metro Joe Lofaro/Metro Father Joe LeClair, centre, is accompanied by his legal counsel Matthew Webber and Kim...
View Article“Father Joseph LeClair to be sentenced in March”& VIDEO
Defence wants conditional sentence of community service, Crown seeks 18 months of jail time CBC News Posted: Jan 22, 2014 1:03 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 22, 2014 7:39 PM ET Father Joseph LeClair is set...
View ArticleFather Joe offers tearful apology
The Ottawa Sun First posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 01:44 PM EST | Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 06:03 PM EST By Tony Spears ,Ottawa Sun Forgive me judge, for I have sinned, a fraudster...
View ArticleReasons for Judgment (Father Rene Labelle conviction)
[Note from Sylvia: There is a publication ban on the identity of the victim. I have therefore identified the victim and his family and friend with initials which are NOT the initials for their...
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Justice Timothy Ray’s Reasons for Judgment in the conviction of Father Rene Labelle is posted: 17 January 2014: Reasons for Judgment (Father Rene Labelle conviction) Due to the publication ban on the...
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Editorial: Father Joe LeClair and the quality of mercy
The Ottawa Citizen Editorial January 23, 2014 Mike Carroccetto/Ottawa Citizen Photograph by: Mike Carroccetto , The Ottawa Citizen At the centre of the Lord’s Prayer is the concept of forgiveness....
View ArticleLetters to the Editor re Father Joe LeClair
Ottawa Citizen Letters to the Editor Who is the victim? Ottawa Citizen January 25, 2014 I feel that underlying this editorial is the unspoken suggestion that Father Joe LeClair should do time. We have...
View ArticleOttawa Sun letters to the editor: Jan. 26 (re Father Joe LeClair)
The Ottawa Sun First posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014 05:14 PM EST | Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014 05:18 PM EST Not fair Re: Father Joe LeClair. The Sun is not earning respect from its readers...
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The Sin of Scandal
There were two courtdates yesterday and one today. As always I ask you to remember the complainants and their families in your prayers Every court date, no matter how seemingly insignificant to some,...
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Father Joe LeClair should not serve jail time for defrauding church: Lawyer
Metro News 21 January 2014 By Joe Lofaro Metro Joe Lofaro/Metro Father Joe LeClair, centre, is accompanied by his legal counsel Matthew Webber and Kim Hyslop outside the Ottawa courthouse Monday, Jan....
View ArticleSome day he will be vindicated
It’s been an interesting 10 or elven days. No, I have not been out of circulation at all – still keeping busy writing, and on the phone, and doing a lot of thinking. Those who know me have heard me...
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A bit of a challenge
Two courtdate updates: (1) Father John E Sullivan 25 February 2014: 09:30 am, courtroom #101 “to be spoken to,” North Bay, Ontario court house (360 Plouffe Street) The revolving door. Those poor...
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Federal government funding two-year project for London sex survivors
The London Free Press Sunday, February 9, 2014 11:08:55 EST AM By Randy Richmond, (Free Press file photo) John Swales is happy, but hesitates to use the word. After decades of fierce battles against...
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“Gabriele DelBianco found guilty on three of 18 sexual assault charges”&...
The Sarnia Observer Monday, February 24, 2014 2:55:50 EST PM By Neil Bowen, Sarnia Observer Sarnia court SARNIA - Former Catholic priest Gabriele DelBianco, 57, was convicted Monday on three of 18...
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“Former Windsor priest found guilty of sexual misconduct”& related articles
The Windsor Star 25 February 2014 print edition Feb 24, 2014 – 4:21 PM EST Last Updated: Feb 24, 2014 – 5:46 PM EST Dave Battagello Father Gabriele Del Bianco is seen in this handout photo. A former...
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Prelim starts today
The six-day preliminary hearing of Father Linus Bastien is scheduled to start at 10 am this morning (Thursday, 27 February) in Windsor, Ontario. The hearing is open to the public. Anyone can attend...
View ArticleNew charges in Ontario
New charges in Ontario. I will add a page for Father Roger Pronovost this evening. Here is an article which was just emailed to me: Geraldton priest charged with sexual assault CBC News Posted: Mar...
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Committed to stand trial
For all those asking what happened at the Father Linus Bastien preliminary hearing, he has been committed to stand trial in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Sorry, but I don’t have the trial date...
View ArticleCourt this week
The sex abuse trial of now-defrocked Oblate priest Eric Dejaeger continues tomorrow (Monday, 17 March 2014),. While Dejaeger is no longer a Roman Catholic priest he is still an Oblate. You may recall...
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