Canada: Clerics of St Viator priest convicted for abuse at Quebec religious schools
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Convicted
Authority role
priest-teacher of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur
Organization
Clercs de Saint-Viateur
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The victims were pupils at the order's institutions, under priest-teachers' combined religious and disciplinary authority.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
- Institutional obedience or isolation
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Proceedings
2021-07-01 · guilty plea and sentence
Quebec court (Justice Bertrand St-Arnaud), Canada. Fr Jean Pilon of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur pleaded guilty to 12 of 26 counts of gross indecency for abuse of children at Quebec religious educational institutions between 1961 and 1989, and was sentenced to three and a half years on a joint recommendation. He was one of five elderly members of the order arrested in a coordinated 2020 police action.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral and disciplinary authority over pupils at religious institutions, 1961–1989
Cited record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Globe and Mail, 'Quebec priest sentenced to 3.5 years' (2021).
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- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-priest-sentenced-to-35-years-for-sexual-abuse-of-children/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report.
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