Former priest charged with sexually abusing children in Nunavut granted bail
CBC News - April 23, 2024
A former Catholic priest who worked in Nunavut and has previously been convicted of dozens of charges of sexual abuse has been granted bail to a supervised facility in Ontario while awaiting trial on new charges. Eric Dejaeger, 76, faces eight counts of historical sexual assault. He was previously convicted of 32 offences for sexually abusing people in Igloolik, many of them children. The new charges are alleged to have happened while Dejaeger was working as a priest in Igloolik between 1978 and 1982, according to court documents. He was arrested in Kingston, Ont., and taken into custody in Iqaluit in June last year.
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