Canada: Oblate priest Harold McIntee convicted of sexually assaulting 17 boys and young men across three decades at a residential school and two parishes
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Convicted
Authority role
Harold McIntee, Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest serving an Indigenous residential school and later parishes in Hope, Duncan, Terrace and Stewart, British Columbia
Organization
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
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McIntee's earliest victims were residential-school boys under his direct dormitory supervision; after leaving the school he continued to offend against young parishioners, including one he cultivated from a devout Catholic family, using his standing as their priest to gain access.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
- Institutional obedience or isolation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
1989-01-01 · guilty plea and sentence
British Columbia court. McIntee pleaded guilty to 17 counts of sexual assault against boys and young men, including residential-school boys as young as ten, committed over roughly 30 years at the residential school (closed by the Oblates in 1979) and later at parishes in Hope, Duncan, Terrace and Stewart. He was sentenced to two years in jail plus three years' probation and was never removed from the priesthood.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- residential dormitory access to Indigenous boys at an Oblate-run residential school
- parish-priest authority over parishioners' children and young men after leaving the residential school system
- targeted cultivation of trust with devout Catholic families to gain access to victims outside the school setting
Cited record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting investigation report The Tyee, 'A Priest and His Power: Revisiting a Doomed Rape Case' (2025).
Details McIntee's 1989 guilty plea, the 17-count conviction, the residential school and later parishes, and the 30-year offending span.
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- https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/08/15/Priest-Power-Doomed-Rape-Case/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: investigation-report. SHA-256 07663a370d09dd514de92012d41967a24ecadbb9e3626673c7fc2c9e53e29d26
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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