Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada · 2021

Quebec: Bas-Saint-Laurent priest Béatrix Morin sentenced to three years for sexual assaults spanning two decades

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Convicted

Authority role

parish priest

Organization

Diocese of Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski

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Morin used his position as parish priest of Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup and surrounding Bas-Saint-Laurent communities to abuse minors under his pastoral care over a twenty-year span.

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2021-06-11 · sentencing

Quebec Superior Court (criminal). Béatrix Morin, former curé of Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault, indecent assault, and gross indecency against six victims (five minors) committed between 1970 and 1990; sentenced to three years in federal penitentiary and placed on the sex-offender registry for life.

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InfoDimanche (2021) 'Trois ans de prison pour le prêtre Béatrix Morin'. Available at: infodimanche.com (Accessed: 19 July 2026).: French original: "Béatrix Morin ... a été condamné à trois ans de pénitencier ... Morin a plaidé coupable à cinq chefs d'accusation d'agression sexuelle ... pour des gestes commis entre 1970 et 1990 ... Six victimes, dont cinq étaient mineures au moment des gestes." English gloss: Béatrix Morin was sentenced to three years in penitentiary after pleading guilty to five counts of sexual assault committed between 1970 and 1990 against six victims, five of whom were minors at the time.
Radio-Canada, 'Action collective autorisée pour des abus sexuels au diocèse de Rimouski'. Available at: ici.radio-canada.ca (Accessed: 19 July 2026).: Reports that the Quebec Superior Court authorized on 2024-06-19 a class action against the Diocese, Archdiocese, and Saint-Germain Seminary of Rimouski, with the lead plaintiff's claim naming Morin's 2021 guilty plea as a triggering disclosure; 48 victims had registered as of the report.

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