Peter Griffiths  

Peter D. Griffiths, the Associate Chief Justice of Ontario, was a Crown Ontario when the Cornwall sex abuse scandal and cover-up broke out.

According to the Attorney General’s website Justice Peter D. Griffiths received his degree in law from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1974 and was called to the Bar in 1976. After three years in private practice he joined the Crown Attorney's Office in Toronto in 1979, was appointed Crown Attorney in 1989 and was appointed Regional Director of Crown Operations for the East Region of Ontario in 1993. In 1998 he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice, and presided primarily in Brockville and Ottawa.

In 2005, Peter Griffiths was appointed Regional Senior Justice of the East Region, and in 2007 he was appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Griffiths chairs the Education Secretariat overseeing all judicial education for the Ontario Court of Justice. 

Justice Peter Griffiths  testified at the Cornwall Public Inquiry 12 January 2009 

 13 January 2009:  Prosecutor remained on case despite conflict  

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12 January 2009:  Transcript of Justice Peter Griffiths testimony at the Cornwall Public Inquiry