September 18, 1986
16.24 EDT
National general news

Priest-Sex 
Ott Note

CORNWALL, Ont. (CP)
   A 49-year-old Roman Catholic priest was ordered Thursday to
stand trial on 11 charges of indecent assault and gross
indecency involving nine Cornwall youths.
   Provincial Court Judge Claude Paris ruled at the conclsuion
of a four-day preliminary hearing there was sufficient evidence
against Rev. Gilles Deslauriers.
   The judge imposed a ban on publication of evidence and
identifying witnesses.
   Delauriers, a former chaplain at the city's francophone high
school, has elected trial by judge and jury. A trial date will
be set Nov. 13.
   He was charged last July with eight counts of indecent
assault and eight counts of gross indecency between 1978 and
1984 involving nine Cormwall residents aged 17 to 21.
   Crown Attorney Rommel Masse agreed Wednesday to drop four
charges of gross indecency and one charge of indecent assault
because of insufficient evidence.
   Indecent assault carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in
prison. The maximum sentence for gross indecency is five years.


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