Gary G Hoskins
Priest, Diocese Saint George’s, Newfoundland (now Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador). Ordained 1982. 1987 GUILTY plea – sentenced to- three months jail and two years probation. Sentencing upheld on appeal. By early 90s was in the Archdiocese of Toronto ( it is unknown at this time if he was in Toronto before or after Cardinal Emmett Carter stepped down in March 1990). According to his addresses it appears that he was assisting at parishes in Brampton and Toronto. His address for several years was that of St. Michael’s Cathedral. No longer listed in directories after 1997. It is unknown if he was laicized (defrocked), left the country, or died.
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Bishops of Saint George’s/Corner Brook and Labrador Newfoundland during Father Hoskins tenure: Richard Thomas McGrath (01 June 1970 – 17 June 1985) ; Raymond John Lahey (05 Jul 1986 – 05 Apr 2003 Appointed, Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia); David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (06 Aug 2003 — 24 September 2010 Appointed, Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario); Peter Joseph Hundt (01 Mar 2011 — )
Archbishops of Toronto while Father Hoskins was there as a priest:Gerald Emmett Carter (29 April 1978 -17 March 1990); Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (17 March 1990 – 16 December 2006); Thomas Christopher Collins (16 December 2006 – )
Auxiliary Bishops of Toronto in the Archdiocese while Father Hoskins was there as a priest: Michael Pearse Lacey (03 May 1979 -to 31 May 1993); Robert Bell Clune (03 May 1979 – 27 December 1995); Leonard James Wall (03 May 1979 – 25 Feb 1992); John Stephen Knight (27 April 1992 – 09 April; 2000);Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (22 February 1995 -o 30 June 1998); Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. (27 April 1992 to 28 December 2002); Anthony Giroux Meagher (: 30 Apr 1997 – 27 April 2002)
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The following information is drawn from Canadian Catholic Directories (CCCD) of that date and media (M)
2011, 2000, 1999, 1998: not listed (CCCD)
1997, 1996, 1995: 200 Church St., address and phone number for St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto (Rector Father Samuel Bianco) (CCCD)
1994, 1993: St. Joseph RC Church on Leslie St., Toronto (Pastor Father Allan MacNeil) (CCCD)
1992, 1991: address for St. Ann RC Church, Brampton, Ontario (Pastor Father Paul A. Zimmer) (Archdiocese of Toronto) (CCCD)
1987: GUILTY sex assault 17-year-old male parishioner (M)
1985-86: St. Stephen RC Church, Stephenville, Newfoundland (Pastor Father Bernard Buckle) (CCCD)
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Canadian Press
April 10, 1987
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CP)
In a split decision, the Newfoundland Supreme Court of Appeal ruled Thursday the jail term handed to a Roman Catholic priest convicted of sexual assault will stand.
Rev. Gary Hoskins of Stephenville, Nfld., was convicted in February of the sexual assault of a 17‑year‑old male parishioner in July 1985.
Hoskins pleaded guilty to inviting the youth to the priest’s residence after church service and approaching the youth from behind, putting his arms around him and thrusting himself against the youth.
He also admitted to pulling the youth onto his lap and putting his hands on the youth’s genitals outside his clothing.
In a two‑one decision, the court upheld a three‑month jail term, two year’s probation and an order to seek treatment.
Mr. Chief Justice J. R. Goodridge said in a written decision that if Hoskins had not been in a position of trust, a jail term might not be necessary to act as a deterrence.
“This is a case where deterrence . . . ranks ahead of rehabilitation,” he wrote. “And while both are important, it is also important that the message should go out to those people in positions of trust dealing with young people that, whatever their sexual preferences, they must not allow them to be satisfied at the expense of young children and unwilling partners.”
In his dissenting opinion, Mr. Justice William Marshall said the degree of sexual involvement was “comparatively mild” and that the action warranted a suspended sentence and probation rather than a jail term.