Philip Jacobs (Father Philip Jacobs -Father Phil Jacobs)
(some documents spell his given name with a double L,i.e., Phillip Jacobs. It looks as though it should be Philip)
American priest. Ordained 1974 for the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. Known to have molested in the States. Now incardinated in Diocese of Victoria BC. Charged August 2010
(Picture Right: Father Philip Jacobs, February 2008, Saudi Arabia)
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Please note that there is also an active blog thread here: Pictures of Father Philip Jacobs in Saudi Arabia: a tough life!
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Next court dates: 09 October 2012: TRIAL – booked for 2 weeks, Victoria BC court house; 14 December 2011: to set a trial date for the BC Supreme Court, Victoria BC courthouse; 30 November 2011 2:00 pm., to set a trial date with the BC Supreme Court, Victoria, BC courthouse [adjourned to 14 Dec.]; [ Ordered to stand trial after about 21/2 days of evidence ] Courtroom 07 -10 November 2011 inclusive: Preliminary hearing, 09:30 am, Court room #201, Victoria courthouse, British Columbia); 03 October 2011: trial confirmation hearing (Victoria courthouse, British Columbia); 15 December 2010 (09:00 am for pre-trial conference, Victoria );17 November 2010(2 pm ,Victoria); 10 November 2010 (Victoria, BC) (six court dates prior to this)
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Taken into Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia by Bishop Remi de Roo. Now incardinated in Diocese of Victoria. Left 2002 when his past caught up with him publicly. Teaching in Saudi Arabia from 2007-2010. Address listed in 2010 Canadian Catholic Church Directory that of the Victoria Diocesan Centre .
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12 January 2012: preliminary investigation being conducted in Ohio re allegations of sex abuse in Ohio dating to the 1980s.
Dr. Philip Jacobs page on Jubail University College website
Pictures of Father Philip Jacobs in Saudi Arabia: a tough life!
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Unless indicated otherwise the following dates and information are drawn from available Canadian Catholic Church Directories (CCCD), media (M) and personal contacts (PC). Additional timelines will be added as information becomes available.
10 or 11 August 2010: Bail surety of $25,000 paid by friend Bruce Lemire-Elmore from Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Conditions of bail include: surrender his passport and all travel documents; not to around persons under age 18; live in a home in Sooke, B.C. ; no contact with those who allege he abuse them; not to go near St. Joseph the Worker Shuch in Saanich where he once served.
04 August 2010: Arrested at Victoria BC airport on return from San Francisco – charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and sexual interference in Canada. According to news reports - three alleged victims have come forward.
2007-2010: In charge of English department at Jubail University College, Saudi Arabia (internet and blog)
09 July 2010: charges approved. Canada-wide warrant issued for Jacob’s arrest (M)
2009: complaints to Saanich police which led to investigation regarding Jacob’s conduct at St. Joseph’s (M)
April 2002: Left Diocese of Victoria after word that he was a molester became public (an investigation was conducted in Saanich at the time – no charges were laid)
1998-2002: St. Joseph the Worker Church, West Burnside Road, Saanish (CCCD)
2000: seems he is now incardinated in the Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia (CCCD)
1999: Canadian Catholic Church Directory indicates incardination in Victoria with an asterisk, meaning incardinated outside Canada but practising his ministry in Canada. (CCCD)
1996-1998: St. Rose of Lima, Sooke (CCCD)
1996: Transferred to Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia. Bishop Remi de Roo aware that Jacob was a molester. Assigned to a parish – parishioners not told. (M)
date ?: “Treatment” after removed from Josephinum
date ?: vice rector in the College of Liberal Arts, Pontifical College Josephinum, the Far North Side seminary ( Columbus, Ohio) (M)
removed from his position at the Josephinum after two men alleged child sex abuse by Jacobs in the late 70s (M)
1986: PhD Logic of Science, Boston College, Boston, MA (Jubail University College website) Lived at St Mary’s Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts while he studied and taught at Boston College. Said to have been ” loved by all.” filled the church, involved in all of the youth groups, and frequently travelled with the CYO. Reports that he gave the boys alcohol and had copies of Penthouse and Playboy around. (P)
1980: MA Linguistic Analysis, Ohio State University (Jubail University College website)
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12 January 2012: BLOG Reliable sources
11 November 2011: Catholic priest heading to B.C. Supreme Court to stand trial on four child sex abuse charges
08 November 2011: Priest faces hearing on sexual offences
06 November 2011: Court hearing to open into sex charges against ex-capital region priest
09 November 2010: That ‘sixth sense’
02 November 2010: BLOG Are there victims there?
07 August 2010: May 5, 2002: The two faces of Father Jacobs: How a dirty little secret caught up with the ‘perfect’ priest
07 August 2010: Ousted Columbus priest arrested: Sex crime allegations surface in Canada
07 August 2010: Ex Saanich priest hit with four sex charges
07 August 2010: Priest charged with sex crimes, had been removed from Ohio ministry for alleged molestation
07 August 2010: Priest faces sex charges involving three children
06 August 2010: Sex charges laid against a B.C. priest wanted on oustanding country-wide warrants
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Police receive stream of tips about priest in sex case
Times Colonist
09 August 2010
By KATIE DeROSA
Saanich police have received numerous phone calls and visits from people with information about a former Saanich priest charged with sex offences.
On Friday, Saanich police announced that Father Philip Jacobs was charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation in relation to complaints by three witnesses under the age of 14. The alleged offences occurred between Sept. 1, 1996, and June 20, 2001, while Jacobs was a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Victoria.
Saanich police appealed to anyone with information about Jacobs to contact them and, since Friday, several people have come forward, police spokesman Sgt. Dean Jantzen said.
He would not say what information they provided or whether more alleged victims have been identified.
“[The tips] are in the hands of the investigators and they’re being acted on.”
Jacobs arrived on Vancouver Island from the U.S. in 1996, spending two years as a priest at St. Rose of Lima in Sooke. He then served as parish priest at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Saanich from 1998 to 2002.
Jacobs was hired as a priest even though the diocese was aware of allegations of misconduct while he served as a priest in Columbus, Ohio.
Bishop Richard Gagnon said last week that the diocese now has a tighter screening policy and Jacobs would not have been hired under the new standards.
Raymond Roussin, Victoria’s bishop from 1999 to 2004, said Jacobs was ruled out as a risk by experts, citing two psychiatric assessments. He said one was conducted after his dismissal in Ohio and a second one by the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development.
However, a spokeswoman from the ministry said they have no record of Jacobs being assessed.
Jacobs is still a priest, holding a “non-church occupation” in Europe.
He was released on a $25,000 surety put up by friend Bruce Lemire Elmore, a Sooke resident, according to court documents.
Under his bail conditions, the priest must report to a bail officer once a week and reside at a certain location.
Jacobs is not to attend St. Joseph the Worker parish. He also cannot be in the presence of anyone younger than 18 and is not to attend any place frequented by children younger than 14.
He had to surrender his passport and will not be allowed to leave Vancouver Island without permission.
His next court date is Sept. 2.
kderosa@tc.canwest.com
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Priest sex abuse charges prompt more calls
Undated – around 09 August 2010
ATV Victoria http://www.atv.ca/victoria/4994_73398.aspx
SAANICH – Investigators say they are receiving more calls since word of sex charges against a former Saanich catholic priest surfaced last week.
Father Philip Jacobs is charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.
The allegations stem from Jacob’s time as the pastor at St. Joseph The Worker Parish.
When father Philip Jacobs walked out of jail Friday night the court placed him under strict conditions.
After surrendering his passport and all travel documents, he is ordered to live in a home in Sooke and not to be around anyone under the age of 18.
Jacobs is also to have no contact with the people who allege he sexually abused them, and he is not to go near St. Joseph The Worker Church in Saanich where he once served as parish priest until his resignation in 2002
Parishioners at his former church did not want to talk to /A News as they arrived for Sunday services.
In a letter read out at all catholic churches in Bishop Richard Gagnon wrote; “Sexual abuse of minors is not only a crime but like all forms of abuse, but goes directly against what the priesthood is and stands for. Such activity is totally inappropriate and cannot be tolerated and the news of these criminal charges is both sad and difficult for our catholic community”
As word of the charges spread Saanich police say people began showing up at their door.
But Saanich police acknowledge the investigation could be hampered by people who do not wish to talk about what they may have seen or experienced.
“Even if they don’t feel comfortable we ask them to talk to us” says Sgt. Dean Jantzen “Just talking might help as they could have seen something or know something that will help investigators”
The church is trying to move forward.
The diocese has hired a lawyer to help with the crisis and is also seeking divine intervention.
Bishop Gagnon told his flock on Sunday “With God’s help, we will move forward together and do our part in building up a more purified, trusting and loving community”.
Before that can happen, the courts may have something to say about the situation.
Father Philip Jacobs is scheduled to make his next appearance in a Victoria courtroom on September 2nd.
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Embattled Priest Will Leave Diocese in Canada
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
May 1, 2002
By Dennis M. Mahoney
(from Bishop Accountability database)
The Rev. Phillip Jacobs is quitting as a priest in British Columbia, where he went after being dismissed by the Columbus Roman Catholic Diocese for molesting a teen-age boy.
Bishop Raymond Roussin of the Victoria Diocese confirmed yesterday that Jacobs is resigning by mutual agreement.
“He obviously will not be able to function in a parish again,” Roussin said.
Jacobs, who has been staying at his mother’s East Side home since the story of his past surfaced over the weekend, could not be reached for comment.
But he issued a statement through the Victoria Diocese: “In view of the turmoil and anguish these revelations are causing in the parish and the diocese, and because the needs of the church are greater than any needs of any individual priest, I have agreed to resign my pastoral responsibilities.”
Jacobs had been pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Church in Victoria since 1996, two years after he went to the diocese, Roussin said. It is one of the larger parishes in the diocese, with several hundred families, he said.
“He was very efficient,” Roussin said. “He was dynamic in the sense that he brought people together in a way that had not been the case in that parish for years.”
Jacobs was appointed to St. Joseph by Bishop Remy De Roo, who retired in 1999.
Parishioners were told of Jacobs’ background this past weekend. Roussin said some were upset by the news.
Had parishioners been told of Jacobs’ past before his appointment, the bishop said, the appointment would not have occurred.
Roussin said he did not know whether Jacobs will seek to be removed from the priesthood.
Columbus Bishop James A. Griffin said last week that he dismissed Jacobs from the diocese after concluding he’d been guilty of “improper sexual touching of a person who was still a minor.”
He said there had been other complaints against Jacobs. In Saturday’s Dispatch, two central Ohio men — Doug Jacobs of Gahanna, a cousin of Phillip Jacobs’; and Tim Kreider of Westerville — accused the priest of molesting them in the late 1970s.
Griffin said that he had removed Phillip Jacobs from his teaching position at the Pontifical College Josephinum, the Far North Side seminary where he was vice rector in the College of Liberal Arts, and had him enter therapy.
The molestation was not reported to law-enforcement authorities at the request of the victim’s family, diocesan spokesman Tom Berg said last week.
Griffin said Jacobs received “a clean bill of health,” but he decided to not allow him to return to the diocese.
Jacobs applied to the Victoria Diocese and was admitted by De Roo. The Columbus diocese gave Jacobs’ records to the Victoria Diocese at the time, Griffin said.
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Priest Accused of Molestations Now at British Columbia Parish
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
April 27, 2002
By Dennis M. Mahoney
(from Bishop Accountability database)
A priest dismissed by Columbus’ bishop for molesting a teen-age boy is serving as pastor of a church in British Columbia.
The Rev. Phillip Jacobs, a Columbus native, was guilty of “improper sexual touching of a person who was still a minor,” James A. Griffin, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, said yesterday.
When he found out about the incident in the mid-1990s, Griffin said, he removed Jacobs from serving at the Pontifical College Josephinum, the Far North Side seminary where he was vice rector in the College of Liberal Arts, and required him to enter therapy. He would not say where.
Tom Berg, diocesan spokesman, said that at the request of the victim’s family, the molestation was not reported to authorities.
Later, Jacobs was accepted to the Diocese of Victoria in British Columbia, and today he is pastor at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Victoria.
He was not at the church yesterday and could not be reached for comment. Victoria Bishop Raymond Roussin was out of town and unavailable to comment.
Additionally, two other local men — including a cousin of Jacobs’ — say they were molested by Jacobs in the late 1970s.
Gahanna resident Doug Jacobs, now 39, said that he was molested at a family cottage in 1976, two years after Jacobs was ordained.
Doug Jacobs said he never told anyone about the incident until 1996, when he reported it to his parish priest and to the diocese.
Tim Kreider, 35, of Westerville said he was molested by Phillip Jacobs several times in 1978 and ’79 while Jacobs was an associate pastor at St. Philip the Apostle Church on the East Side. He, too, said the incidents occurred at the Jacobs family cottage.
Griffin said there was more than one complaint about the Rev. Jacobs.
“As far as I remember, there were a couple of complaints and some other, I would say, reports of conduct that people thought were . . . unbecoming or imprudent on the part of a priest,” he said.
The mid-’90s report was the one complaint Griffin said he could verify and on which he based his removal of Phillip Jacobs. He said he did not know the exact age of the victim.
Parishioners at St. Joseph the Worker were shocked and incredulous yesterday when told of the allegations against their priest.
“It’s unbelievable,” said church volunteer Leo Van Dyk, who has known Jacobs since he joined the church in the late ’90s.
“I’m not going to dispute what happened back there, but it sure doesn’t show here. I don’t think you will find one person who will say anything adverse about him.”
In addition to teaching at the Josephinum from 1985 to ’94, Jacobs helped with Masses on weekends at parishes, including St. Paul Church in Westerville.
Jacobs received “a clean bill of health after the therapy, that a therapist thought he was not a danger,” Griffin said. “But I chose not to reassign him to the diocese.”
He said Jacobs found a position in British Columbia, applied for it and was accepted. The priest’s records were sent to the Victoria Diocese, Griffin said.
Bishop Blase Cupic, Josephinum rector at the time and now bishop in Rapid City, S.D., said Griffin told him in the mid-’90s that he was removing Jacobs so he could “go away for some assistance.” He knows no details about the removal, he said.
Cupic said he never received any complaints about Jacobs, whom he called “a wonderful teacher.”
Monsignor Michael Lapierre, chancellor of the Victoria Diocese, said Jacobs went there partly to work at the Center for the Study of Religion and Science at the University of Victoria.
Jacobs was accepted by then- Bishop Remi Deroo, said Lapierre, who added that Deroo and the diocesan personnel committee would have thoroughly reviewed the priest’s record.
Doug Jacobs, a first cousin of Phillip Jacobs, said he was 14 when the priest molested him.
He said his cousin invited him to spend a summer weekend playing golf in Granville and spending time at the cottage, at Buckeye Lake in Licking County. The cottage was owned by the priest’s family, Doug Jacobs said.
He said only the two of them were at the cottage. During the night, Doug Jacobs said, his cousin came into his bedroom and molested him.
He said his cousin told him never to reveal what happened, saying: “They’ll never believe you. I’m a priest.”
Doug Jacobs said he never told any relatives about the incident and that his relationship with his cousin was cold from then on.
“I believe it was because of the humiliation. There also was a sense of guilt on my part, thinking that even though I was only 14 and naive, I should have known better.”
In 1996, he said, he began having nightmares about his cousin.
He went to his parish priest at Church of the Resurrection in New Albany and told him the story, he said. The priest arranged for him to meet with the diocesan vicar at the time, Monsignor Joseph Hendricks.
Doug Jacobs said Hendricks told him that the diocese had had “numerous” complaints about Phillip Jacobs. He said Hendricks told him that the Rev. Jacobs had been in treatment at a Connecticut facility and that he would not be returning to the diocese.
Doug Jacobs, married with three young children, said the diocese paid for his therapy with a Northwest Side psychiatrist for more than a year.
Ironically, he said, his cousin officiated at his wedding in 1992. He allowed it, he said, because his family expected it.
Doug Jacobs said he doesn’t understand how his cousin still can be allowed to work as a priest.
“The fact that he’s standing up there as a representative of the church of Jesus Christ, and yet he’s got this dark side . . . How can you let an immoral man preach morality?”
Kreider, who is married and has two children, said Phillip Jacobs was very popular at St. Philip the Apostle and used to invite parish members to his family’s cottage. Kreider attended the parish school.
On four or five occasions, he said, the priest invited him to go to the cottage overnight. During those times, the priest molested him, he said.
He never told anyone, he said.
“There’s shame involved,” Kreider said. “And, God, my parents were in love with the guy.”
After he left St. Philip, he said, he occasionally encountered Jacobs during high school and college. There were no further incidents, he said.
Jacobs officiated at his wedding in 1990.
“I figured that’s what people would expect,” he said. “And I guess I hadn’t really come to terms with the idea that I was molested.”
In ’93, Kreider said, he saw news coverage about a priest involved in abuse and decided to tell his story to the diocese.
He said he met with Hendricks and Paul D. Ritter, the diocese’s attorney. Shortly after, he said, he received a letter from the diocese, stating that Jacobs had admitted molesting him, and a letter of apology from the priest.
Kreider said he did not want the incidents reported to authorities.
Hendricks, now pastor of St. Brigid of Kildare Church in Dublin, did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
Kreider said he has been in contact with officials in the Victoria Diocese and that they were “emphatic that they didn’t believe (Jacobs) was a danger.”
He said he wants the diocese to do “the right thing” and bar Jacobs from serving in a parish.
Jim Beatty of The Vancouver Sun contributed to this story.
American priest - Diocese of Columbus. Ordained 1974. Known molester. Molested several boys, including his cousin in the USA.
Guys belive it or not im saudi and this guy was in saudi arabia
in Jubail Universty College !!! Ask them
yes ask us he was my prof in prep year.
Moe and abb
When was Jacobs at Jubail University College? What was he teaching?
he was teaching english
any one now know what huppen about philip ??
he was from perid 2007-2010
jowdcm
Some questions I hope you can help me with:
(1) Did he teach until the end of the unoveristy year, around April 2010?
(2) Did students know that he was a priest?
(3) What explanation did he give for teaching English in Saudi Arabia?
(4) To your knowledge did he ever say Mass for students or at a local Church?
pfjow
I will try to find out tomorrow what’s happening with the charges against him.
I worked with Philip. Christianity is illegal in Saudi Arabia, there is no way he could have said mass. He said nothing about having a past in the Catholic church either. But I did know he’d studied at a Catholic school and he was impressed with his broad education. I am schocked and saddened by all of this. I have not given my real name.
Hi Richard,
You wrote that “…. he was impressed with his broad education.” Did you mean to say that “YOU were impressed”with his broad level of education?
Well Richard, for many of us Jacobs did not come across as “broadly educated.” For a start, he knew nothing about pedagogical theories or practices of teaching a foreign language.
Most of all, how could such a “broadly educated man” stoop so low as to become the peon of University College Jubail’s administration in fulfilling everyone of their capricious and absurd requests?
What did we see in Jacobs?
A modicum of education and knowledge…. perhaps.
Discernment and intelligence….. very little
A mean spirited, self centered and cowardly bully….. most certainly YES!!!
I find this on the Jubail Univeristy College website – see faculty member Dr. Jacob, Philip: http://www.ucj.edu.sa/Pages/Main/InfoPages.aspx?CId=205&mmId=0
I don’t know enough of Jacob’s background to confirm that this is Father Philip Jacobs.
Moe, abb, jowdcm, you all seem certain that it is Father Jacobs. Why? What makes you convinced that it is him?
The above link doesn’t open to the right page. Click on Faculty Members.
who are you ???
I am Sylvia, the adminstrator of this blog. I am trying to confirm that the Philip Jacobs who taught at Jubail U College is the same Father Philip Jacobs who is facing charges of child sex abuse here in Canada. If you would prefer you can communicate with me directly at this email address: cornwall@theinquiry.ca
Unexpected I was his student last year
and he was the admin of English department
really I feel shock now
I didn’t that he has a bad history..
This article shows that Jacobs attended Boston College 1981-1986: http://www.theinquiry.ca/wordpress/charged/jacob-phillip/ousted-columbus-priest-arrested-sex-crime-allegations-surface-in-canada/
That is consistent with the Qualifications for Dr. Phillip Jacobs, Depatment Coordinator, Faculty of English at Jubail U “PhD, Logic of Science, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA, 1986″
Do you all recognize him from the picture?
now they change the department coordinator
Jacobs’s next court date is 10 November 2010. More info here.
I tried emailing him at the email address given on the college website – it bounced almost instantly
yes this is the same guy with the same name !!
he was tellin a jokes of his name !!
im sure 100% he is the same person :\
What kind of jokes did he tell about his name?
Hi Sylvia,
Phillip Jacobs was indeed the English department chairman at Jubail University College. He never let on to the fact that he had been a Catholic priest. He arrived here in September 2007.
Phil Jacobs proved himself to be lacking in any of the qualities one might expect to find in a man of God and a man of the church. We knew that he was a dishonest, mean spirited, spiteful and malevolent individual. However, this information about his past has left us all gobsmacked.
Phil Jacobs’ arrest and history has now spread like wildfire here. It is highly embarassing for the administration of JUC as well as to a small group of his supporters among the faculty of the English department. For others, it comes as a great relief, as Dr. Jacobs was hated and despised for his ruthless ways. He was instrumental in having four of his colleagues fired from JUC in June of 2010.
Thanks for that info GNAL. It gives us a bird’s eye view into this man’s character – or lack thereof.
I hope that someone is checking Jacobs’ interactions with families with children while he was in Saudi Arabia, particularly those with young boys. I wonder too if he did any volunteer work which put him into contact with young boys?
I pray that he did no harm to a single child over there, but my instinct tells me otherwise.
Just out of sheer curiosity, what did he do have four of his colleagues fired?
Phillip Jacobs worked with young men aged 18 to 24 here. His access to younger boys was limited. However, he took a couple of trips to the desert with some of the students. He also had a health club membership at the Jubail Intercontinental Hotel. It is possible that he could have indulged in his evil ways during his frequent visits there.
It is also very possible that he indulged in his perversions with some of the young Bangladeshi janitors who clean the classrooms of JUC and of whom he seemed quite fond of.
Was Jacobs scheduled to return to work in September? If yes, when did word get out that he would not be returning? Does anyone know if he formally resigned?
One more question: Have teachers and/or the student body been formally told about the sex abuse charges against Jacobs? If yes, what was said?
I have had answers to a number of my questions. I added some info to the Father Philip Jacobs page. I also posted this blog yesterday and these pictures today
i just got word that Jacobs has a court date at 2 pm this afternoon (Victoria). He has not made ‘an election’ yet, meaning he has not yet decided if he is heading to trial. Because he has not yet made an election a Crown attorney has not been assigned to the case
He asked me 4 my numberphone one time :S and he asked me and my friend 2 hangout with him :\
i didnt but my friend did !!!
we were 17 2 years ago
Are you a student at Jubail University College Moe?
Father Philip Jacob’s next court date is 9 am, 15 December 2010 for a pre-trial conference
I have been contacted by a number of students and staff at Jubail College University. I recently asked one contact what Jacob’s salary at JUC would have been. I was told that Jacob was earning int he range of “26,000 riyals” which translates to “about 8,000 to 9,000 U.S. a month.”
About $100,000 or more Canadian a year!!
And I think that would be tax free too, would it not?
Either way, that’s a pretty lucrative income for a Roman Catholic priest isn’t it? With that kind of income and only one mouth to feed Jacobs should have no problem financing his own legal defence, – unless of course the Diocese of Victoria is ready and willing to foot the bill?
It has been brought to my attention that a rumour is making the rounds of Jubail University College. On weekends, Phillip Jacobs was carrying on a homosexual relationship with one of his colleagues who is now the second in charge of the University and the right hand man of the present managing director of JUC. In this case, the object of Jacob’s attentions was not a minor. However, he was a willing participant who is still to this day very much the apologist for his old consort Jacobs.
As many in Canada dealing with lawyers and curts will tell you GNAL, one must be cautious when dealing with and relaying “rmours.”
That said, as you probably know, homosexuality is legal in Canada so there is no stigma attached to such activity. However, from a Roman Catholic perspective it is not acceptable for a Roman Catholic priest to engage in homosexual activity.
I thought that it would be worth mentioning that Phillip Jacobs is an expert at reinventing himself as well as rewriting his past. We could perhaps rename him “the Reverend Walter Mitty.”
When asked about his past and whether he had ever been married, Jacobs would tell his audience at Jubail University College that he had once been happily married and that he and his wife were the perfect image of marital bliss. Then, clearing his throat, he would go on telling us that his beloved wife had one day fallen sick and was later diagnosed with cancer while pregnant with their child.
A daughter was born a few months later, but his wife would tragically not survive her cancer and pass away soon after their daughter’s birth.
By that time, Jacobs could no longer control his tears and his sobs. Tears welling up in his eyes, Jacobs would then continue and tell his audience that to add calamity to tragedy, his daughter had soon fallen ill and also died from cancer.
Jacobs was so convincing that many of us thought that the reason why he often seemed so stuffy and withdrawn was that he was a scarred person, silently suffering from some unbearable personal agony.
Well, we are now all aware that it was all lies and we should perhaps nominate Jacobs for a best performance Oscar for an actor. That man can most certainly tell a lie or two!!!
Sylvia, in response to your comment dated December 21st, I must state that I have nothing at all against homosexuals or homosexuality. I should also say that a certain number of our best staff members here at JUC are gay. On a personal level most of my best friends are gay. However they will unanimously join me in condenming Jacobs the pedophile sex criminal.
Well GNAL, that story about Jacobs saying he lost both a wife and daughter to cancer takes the cake! He actually shed tears?!
Dear Sylvia:
I live in Victoria, am a faithful practicing Catholic, and very much appreciate the fine work you have been doing at this website.
I have not been able to find any information about Philip Jacobs’ last ‘court date’ in Victoria on December 22, and wonder how you find out about these court dates before they happen?
I note in a Katie de Rosa article I just posted to one of my blogs that Bishop Richard Gagnon said in early August of last year that Phil Jacobs was in fact ‘still a priest but is holding a “non-church occupation” in Europe, and has made frequent visits back to Victoria since 2002.’
Either Bishop Gagnon really didn’t know that much about Jacobs when he spoke to de Rosa in August, or he has apparently mislead Catholics in the Victoria Diocese with these comments, which clearly are not substantiated by the facts you have discovered about Jacobs’ employment in Saudi Arabia.
I hope to attend one of these upcoming ‘court dates,’ but don’t seem to have missed much yet, as they keep getting postponed, and I have my own theory about that legal tactic, as I suggest in my latest posting on the Jacobs case here:
http://davidjure.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/philip-jacobs-arrested-for-sex-crimes-in-canada-was-chairperson-senior-lecturer-department-of-english-language-jubail-university-college-saudi-arabia-2007-2010/
Once again, please keep up the great work.
I am sure that there are thousands of Catholics in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria who read your blog with interest, or should.
Our Bishop is seriously misguided if he thinks that this situation is one to be swept under the rug, and with his current emphasis on building new buildings here, he is in effect, abusing our patience with his dereliction of duty, in my humble opinion.
If one goes to the Diocese of Victoria website, one sees quite quickly that Bishop Gagnon has not made any statements since last August on this mess.
And there is no internal search engine at that site to find out if there is any other documentation on this problem.
Looks like the makings of yet another attempted cover-up to this Catholic writer.
Pax Christi
Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell (‘Goyo de la Rosa’)
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Hi Gregory
Re the court dates – I phoned the courthouse. I will be making calls tomorrow – hopefully will be able to find out what the status is on Jacobs. The last I knew a Crown attorney had not yet been assigned to the case so you truly haven’t missed anything. If you live right in Victoria you can pop into the courthouse yourself and get information re his next court date. You can also try phoning.
You are right in part in saying that Jacobs has not been working in Europe. One of my Saudi sources however told me Jacobs claimed that prior to his arrival at Jubail he was employed by Charles University, Prague. An article in the June 2008 Heyththrop Journal carries his name: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2265.2008.00384.x/abstract
I don’t know how these dates marry up – students and staff at JUC say he arrived there in 1997 – perhaps he was still affiliated with Charles U in some fashion for the first year or so he was at JUC? There is no doubt however that when he was arrested he had been working full time at JUC in Saudi Arabia.
I have another picture of Jacobs which I will post tomorrow – this one in his office at JUC.
If you hear anything new from that end of the country please pass it along
By the way, just to keep me on the straight and narrow, are you Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell, also goyodelarosa, also David Jure?
I should have added that the Heythrop Journal Author Information on Jacobs is as follows: Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic
Hi Sylvia, I should clarify what must have been a typo. Jacobs was employed at Jubail University College from August 2007 (not 1997) to mid-October 2010. Jacobs was not physically present at JUC from early July 2010, but continued to hold his position as chairman of the English department from afar, hoping to be able to return to Saudi Arabia. He was held in such high esteem by the managing director of JUC that he continued to receive a salary although not in situ until the time when he decided to call it quits, realizing that his court case could drag on for years.
Regarding his article that was published in The Heythrop Journal: AN ARGUMENT OVER ‘METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM’ AT THE VATICAN OBSERVATORY, PHILIP J. JACOBS, published online: 28 JUN 2008 – DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2008.00384.x, in this day and age of the internet, Jacobs did not have to be physically present in Prague to have his article published. Again, Jacobs was employed full-time at Jubail University College from August 2007 to October 2010.
Thanks for your tips and replying to my comment, Sylvia.
My full name is Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell.
I am a Roman Catholic artist, happily married to my faithful Catholic wife Dawn, and we just celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary!
‘Goyo de la Rosa’ is a nom d’artiste I use… the only one.
‘David Jure’ is the nom de plume of another artist friend of mine, John David Burke.
We live near each other, and are members of the Concerned Citizens’ Coalition, a municipal political group, and we stand for election from time to time here in Victoria.
I will keep watch for any news about Philip Jacobs, and keep your readers posted if I see anything of interest that should be shared.
Peace of Christ
Gregory
Finally, some court dates for Jacobs. Here they are:
03 October 2011: Trial confimation hearing
07-10 November 2011 inclusive: preliminary hearing
(the trial confirmation is to confirm that the November preliminary hearing will proceed as scheduled, and to reassess the number of days booked for the hearing)
Hello Sylvia,
I am one of Phil Jacobs victims from the time he was a priest in Ohio at St. Pauls. It is crazy to read the perspective of some of his Saudi coworkers. I never saw this side of him. Of course I knew him between the ages of 11-14. The last time I saw him (Winter 95) he was teaching(?) at Notre Dame. Is there anything that you think I could do to assist with the case? This man had a huge negative impact on my life and my relationship with my family. I always felt a bit guilty for not stepping forward and being more vocal at the time of my abuse (1989-1990ish). I would like to speak up now if it would help. Thanks for your work. Patrick
I am so glad you have found the strength to speak up Patrick. It’s never too late.
You say you never saw the side of Jacobs painted by his Saudi coowrkers. What are your recollections of him as a person?
Hello Patrick, I command you for your courage in posting on Sylvia’s site.
May I first express my sympathy and concern for the pain you certainly have gone through on account of being abused by Jacobs.
May I also interject and say that back in the years when you were being abused, you were the object of Jacobs’ perverted sexual attentions. I would imagine that in order to be able to approach you, he might have tried to project a certain image of kindliness. Also, Jacobs was playing the role of the priest.
However, from our observation here, we have seen how Jacobs has the ability to put on different faces to suit the situation at hand. Ask any of his Saudi superiors, they will all tell you how pleasant and amiable he was in his dealings with them and how surprised they were to find out about his sordid past. However, from the perspective of several faculty members at Jubail University College in Saudi Arabia we were faced with a selfish egomaniac, an opportunist and a liar who would stop at nothing to promote his position within the university.
Hello GNAL and Sylvia,
First, I absolutely agree that at the time I knew him I was the target of seduction and was on the opposite side of a charm offensive. Over the years I have pondered who the true Phil Jacobs must have been. I always felt that he was a monster but could never get past the façade he presented. Your presentation of him has helped me get a clearer picture of what his true self must be like. In particular, his self portrayal as a widower and grieving father. I almost got sick when I read that.
The Phil Jacobs that he presented was one of a kind, good natured, intelligent and dedicated priest. He went out of his way to be supportive of families and children. He would go to our sport games, take us swimming, hiking, to challenge courses, and bring us on visits to the Pontifical College of the Josephinum. He made me believe that priests were true representatives of Christ, truly benevolent individuals and men who we all should aspire to be like. (Remember, I was about 12 years old.) His seduction seeped deep into my psyche. Even in the face of the reality of the abusive situation, a victim at times still wants to believe in the good nature of his perpetrator. I still have so many fond memories of the good times with him. It is at times hard to understand these two opposing natures: abuser and “man of god.” However, as some of us learned, this “man of god” persona was only in attempt to gain the trust of parents and the privilege to be alone with adolescent boys.
He took me and a friend to his families lake house on Buckeye Lake, took us skinny dipping, showed us movies with some gratuitous sex scenes, had us lay in his bed and proceeded to abuse me but not my friend (alibi?). He was a monster.
There is a ton more to the story I guess. I just wanted to convey that I did not doubt the fact that he was a monster but just shocked to finally have an outside perspective on the man. Thank you.
Thank you so much Patrick. You have explained so well the conflicting emotions with which the majority of victims of clerical abuse struggle. These devious men truly are wolves in sheep’s clothing, – or, should I better say, sexual predators masquerading as Roman Catholic priests?
GNAL, your comments have gone a long way to helping one victim sort through the conflict. Thank you.
Hello Patrick,
Thank you for writing back and sharing those painful memories with us. Again, it takes a lot of courage for you to do so and I command you for it.
There is a definite pattern there. Jacobs followed the same program with his young cousin years before (the family’s lake house at Buckeye Lake, the skinny dipping, the sex movies or magazines), culminating with the act of abuse.
The mentoring done during the sports games, swimming, hiking trips and visits to the Pontifical College of the Josephinum simply served as prelude for his ungodly acts of sexual perversion. Where was the spiritual guidance?
One thing that struck me about this individual is that in the first weeks after his arrival here in Saudi Arabia he had taped a printout of a photo of Mark William Calaway, also known as “The Undertaker,” the professional wrestler from the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
I found this rather strange for an academic and a PhD holder to be displaying a photo of a wrestler. One the one hand, it looked childish, on the other, it was rather ominous and a reflection of his dark personality. Just think, The Undertaker, also known as The Master of Pain and The Punisher. This was no jocular posting. Jacobs had no sense of humor and took himself very seriously. Was The Undertaker, Jacobs’ role model and part of his alter ego?
It is obvious that Jacobs is a bully who loves nothing more than being in control. Being able to abuse you sexually was an act of control over your young body.
Far from discounting the horrible pain you went through, allow me to say that this was all in the past. You were abused, you were hurt and you were betrayed in the worst fashion by a person who was supposed to be your spiritual guide. Can you ever get over it?
I believe that in due course, your pain will lessen and you might eventually forget.
Should you now be seeking revenge? Revenge is certainly an urge, but does it serve a constructive purpose? I do not think so.
However, I still believe that Jacobs should be exposed for what he is: a despicable creature. Why should this be done? So that future generations of would-be pedophile perverts might think twice before wishing to abuse a child while under the mantle of priesthood.
Thanks for posting the court dates here, Sylvia.
I reposted the info here at LA ROSA for Victoria, Saanich and Sooke Catholics who are following this tragedy:
http://goyodelarosa.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/father-philip-jacobs-five-victoria-court-dates-oct-3-nov-7-10-2011-inclusive-reports-the-inquirys-sylvia-maceachern/#comment-1130
That’s good Gregory. Thank you for making it available to locals.
Please note that there is also an active blog thread on Father Philip Jacobs here: Pictures of Father Philip Jacobs in Saudi Arabia: a tough life!
Jacobs’preliminary hearing starts tomorrow morning at 09:30 am, courtroom #201.
Please, anyone who attends keep us up to date as much as is humanly possible. There will without doubt be a publication ban on evidence, but generally there is nothing to prevent reporting on Father Jacob’s attire, and demeanor, and the numbers of persons in attendance, both in and out of the courtroom, and the numbers of those who are there as supporters, and the general atmosphere.
Does anyone have any updates on today’s trial? Thanks
Patrick, Victoria is on Pacific Standard Times, three hours behind us on Eastern Standard Time. It’ s just after 5 pm in Victoria so court has probably just wrapped up for the day and people have to make their way home. We probably won’t hear anything for at least another hour or so.
I attended for the first two hours this morning. Two other more professional Catholic journalists, freelancer Steve Weatherbe and Island Catholic News Editor Patrick Jamieson were already there when I arrived a little after 9:30.
The soft-spoken judge mentioned a publication ban, but I don’t know what that entails, so I will plead ignorance on that score…
I sat directly behind the defendant Phil Jacobs, who was dressed in a grey business suit. He is a tall, heavy set, bearded, balding man. He sat alone, with no-one else sitting in the same row of seats in the sparsely-attended preliminary hearing in the Victoria Courthouse.
Four different names of accusers were read out by the prosecutor, who also outlined the charges against Phil Jacobs.
[edited by Sylvia]
I have probably written enough. I find the whole thing really shocking…
Hope I haven’t offended anyone, but that is a bit of what I heard this morning.
Pax Christi
I edited the testimony of the one witness Gregory. The publication ban will almost certainly cover testimony. I don’t want you or I to get into trouble over violating a publication ban. Not do you or I or anyone else want to give Jacobs grounds to claim he can’t get a fair trial.
That little tweaking aside, thanks so much for news from the courtroom. There are so many people around the world, – yes, literally around the world – waiting for any little piece of news. They will be grateful for your news.
It’s interesting to hear that there were so few in attendance.
Was Jacobs fidgety? Did he keep his head down? Did he look around the courtroom at all to see who was there?
Hello. Can you please explain the purpose of the preliminary hearing? I looked back on old posts but couldn’t find the answer. Is it a review of evidence to see if there is enough to proceed with a trial?
You’re right. It’s to review the evidence. If there is or isn’t enough we’ll know by next week.
Yes TJK, that’s basically it. The judge will decide if he/she believes there is sufficient evidence to go to trial. If that is the ruling then Jacobs will be ordered to stand trial.
Witnesses take the stand to testify under oath. They can be and no doubt will be cross-examined.
If Jacobs is ordered to stand trial the case moves on toward trial. I don’t know how quickly cases move to trial in British Columbia but elsewhere it can take more than a year.
After hearing the first accuser answer the questions of the Crown prosecutor in the first part of the morning, I then heard [...] testify under cross examination by one of two defence lawyers, after a break yesterday morning.
The defence lawyer’s questions were seemingly designed to discredit the accuser’s credibility, notwithstanding the fact, as I understood it, that the preliminary hearing’s purpose was not to determine the credibility of any accusers, according to the judge in his opening remarks.
So, I found this cross examination to be overly probing, leading, insinuating and otherwise employing obnoxious and obviously transparent tricks of manipulation.
The defence lawyer tried to suggest that the first accuser had been influenced [edited by Sylvia]
He implied that the accuser was somehow hoping to opportunistically profit from the notoriety of the priest’s arrest at the airport, and make claims for compensation for damages to [edited by Sylvia]
This defence lawyer went on a number of fishing expeditions like that, to no apparent avail, as the accuser’s testimony seemed to this observer to have the ring of truth to it, [edited by Sylvia]
As I said yesterday, I sat directly behind Father Phil Jacobs, but I don’t think I mentioned then that there was one row of seats between us.
I could not see his facial expression, but he seemed to be focused straight ahead of himself, that is to say, toward the judge up on a raised dais.
I did not notice him looking around the courtroom, but on exiting during the break, I did notice that he was talking to two women out in the hallway, one of whom seemed to have been taking notes in the courtroom earlier.
If they were both professional reporters, I didn’t recognize them.
I’ll try to get back down there tomorrow or Thursday.
Steve Weatherbe is intending to sell his report on these hearings to the B. C. Catholic, I believe.
That is the official weekly publication of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.
I don’t know if the Diocese of Victoria has anyone in attendance at these preliminary hearings on the accusations against Father Phil Jacobs, but they certainly should have.
Nor do I know whether the Bishop of Victoria will be called to testify, although I personally think that he should, as Father Jacobs was arrested at the Victoria International Airport, after coming here on a jet from San Francisco, and what his business here in Victoria was exactly is unclear.
Gregory Hartnell
Very informative Gregory. Thank you. I decided that to be on the safe side I should edit again Gregory. The gender of the accusers has not been publicly released. That usually is not an issue in a ban, but in this instance I think it is best to ensure that there is nothing said which might in any way identify the accusers publicly.
Would you please send your next comment through me at cornwall@theinquiry.ca ? – I will take a look at it first and if need be edit it before it’s posted publicly.
I am not surprised that the defence lawyer is trying to paint the accusers as money grubbers. That is a standard defence tactic. That is one of many reasons I encourage people to attend court proceedings. It’s good for us all to know how the system works, and what arguments and tactics defence lawyers use to defend priests accused of molesting children.
Thanks for that Gregory
But, please please send your next comment through me before posting so we can ensure it does not in any way violate the publication ban. I know it’s frustrating, and I don’t like these bans any more than anyone else, but we must abide by them. I know that you want to see justice done as much I and everyone else does. That right now entails tailoring all comments to ensure they do not violate the ban.
Gregory’s description is accurate. The defence is looking for evidence that the witnesses colluded and that they made up their stories after Jacobs resigned as priest at St. Joe’s and moved south. Questions like : did you tell anyone about this before then.
There is a lawyerly looking fellow taking notes: my guess he is wrking for the Diocese’s law firm or possibly for an ambulance chaser hoping to sue the Diocese on behalf of the witnesses. He is too well dressed to be a reporter.
As to what the witnesses replied, I can’t say, of course.
Thanks Steve.
I wonder who the lawyerly looking fellow is? Perhaps a canon lawyer? It’s not uncommon for a diocese to send a canon lawyer in to keep tabs on what’s going on and report back. Canon lawyer or no, I am sure they must have someone in there.
I got a chukkle out of your comment that he’s too well dressed to be a reporter
It’s so true. It’s usually pretty easy to pick out who in the handful who attend these hearings or trials might hail from the diocese. I could be wrong, but, I’m inclined to think there is a connection to the diocese there.
Are there any reporters there from the mainstream media?
I went down to the Victoria Court again this afternoon, only to discover that Father Phil Jacobs’ preliminary hearing had changed venue, from Room 201 on Monday, to Room 203 today, with Mr. Considine representing the defence, I believe, which suggests that there was cross-examination of at least one of the four accusers this morning.
I could not determine whether the hearing continued this afternoon at 2:00 p.m., but the doors to both Rooms 201 and 203 were locked.
Collusion… Holy F#@%!
I can understand that the lawyers are just trying to do their best to defend their client. But collusion!?!?! His victims, including myself were all under 14!
I remember in the fall of 1989 I was 13 years old. That summer I had been abused by this man at his family’s lake house. After a few months I could not shake the disgust. One Saturday night my parents came home and found me in my bedroom in a fit of crying. I was on my floor convulsing. They were terror stricken. This was not like me. I was a very happy-go-lucky kid. After a few hours of trying to calm me I finally told them what had happened. They told me okay, we love you; maybe it would be best if you tried to get some rest. The next day was Sunday. We went to church. Phil was the priest. After mass my parents went up and shook his hand. He told my dad that he just bought a new Nissan Pathfinder SUV. My dad asked to see it. We all went out to his new SUV and he kept challenging me to try and close the tailgate. I said I didn’t want to. My parents encouraged me. I tried to close it to no avail. For some reason my heart was not just in it. That was it. I never mentioned it again to my parents.
It is hard to unmask a man who represents Jesus to EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!
I am so so so sorry for these four young men. I wish I had had the fortitude to keep shouting out. I am truly sorry for your pain.
Tonight I hate lawyers. Maybe I will feel better about them in the morning.
Sincerely, Outraged-in-America
Oh, Patrick! I really hear the anger and pain in your post. This new trial must be so difficult for you, and I imagine there’s a part of you wishing to be at the trial so you could see justice served. I was hoping to be there myself, as I live on the mainland only a ferry ride away, and I thought attending a preliminary hearing 20 years after I testified at Jack McCann’s hearing, would be therapeutic. Unfortunately, I just can’t take the time away from work right now. I would like to be able to show my support to the victims in someway. There seem to have been fewer cases in B.C. than in Ontario, so I worry that there is still a sense of isolation for the victims. Hopefully, if the case does go to trial, I’ll be able to attend.
You must feel like you are living every moment of terror and fear with those complainants Patrick. Some day they will know that you were there trying in your own way and from afar to help them make it through each day.
The collusion comes with the notion of conspiracy, i.e., as Steve said, they made it all up – they all got together, decided it would be a good and financially lucrative idea to say they were sexually molested by Father Jacobs and away they went. It’s not a novel defence, it’s pulled out of the defence hat for virtually every clerical sex abuse trial, but it is hard on the complainants. I hope they are holding up as well as can be expected.
Patrick, I hope it’s a better day for you when you wake up this morning. There’s nothing that says you have to love lawyers, but don’t let them tear you apart like this. Keep your cool. You can channel your anger far more effectively and constructively if you keep your cool. Yes, vent when you must, but work at keeping your cool.
Say a prayer for the complainants Patrick. A prayer from you for them would be a very special prayer. They need those prayers.
How sad to hear how your parents reacted when you told them. You must have felt so very alone.
My thoughts and prayers are with you Patrick. There are people out here who understand and care. They really and truly do. There is Leona. She’s been through it herself. She knows. There are many others. Often they watch event unfold in silence but, they are here. You are not alone.
Patrick,
I am usually still sleeping at 5 in the morning but not this day, after I read your post last night. A lot of people have now listened to you and hear your scream. There may have been a time for you to be silent and now a time to be a witness. You have made that very clear and you are now beginning your own healing as you help others like you who felt abandoned in so many ways.
Your generosity of heart will be rewarded. Thank You for being here and for testifying.
You and others like you who finally loose “those” chains send out the best signs of “Hope” .
You are standing up and tall. Be proud. Speak up again…always. Retrieve that happy-go-lucky kid! He is in there and you can find him.
And you can find Peace.
jg
I went to the courthouse on Burdett Street in Victoria today again, and found that the ‘prelimary hearings’ are now over, and that Father Phil Jacobs is heading to B. C. Supreme Court on November 30 at 2:00 p.m. to have a future trial date set in that court.
I report about that news in a new posting to one of my blogs called ‘GREGORY PAUL MICHAEL HARTNELL’, and also report there on my having received a threatening call from a Saanich Police officer who warned me about my online activity.
Without mentioning this site, it was obvious to me that he was effectively admitting that the Saanich Police Department is now monitoring this site, as I have not written anything about Father Jacobs for some time prior to getting that strange unconstitutional call, a call which obviously infringes my Charter-protected free speech rights in Canada.
- Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell
Pro-Life Candidate,
Oak Bay District Council
Thank you Gregory for the update. It sounds then as though Jacobs has been committed to stand trial. That’s good news
Re Saanich Police monitoring this site. I have no doubt that they do. Without a doubt Jacob’s lawyer is keeping a close eye on it too. Probably the Crown is too.
I think perhaps the call you received from police was not to ream you out but to let you know what the publication ban is all about, and what would constitute a violation of the ban, and the import of abiding by it.
The import in this case is to ensure that there are no grounds for Jacobs to claim his right to a fair trial has been infringed through a violation of the publication ban. For the sake of the complainants and from what I have seen happen elsewhere in the past I will not risk violating the ban. I may not agree with the ban, but I will not violate it.
Steve Weatherbe has reported on the Nov. 7 preliminary hearing that he and I attended in the Victoria courthouse, pertaining to charges against Father Phil Jacobs, at his Faithvictoria’s Blog:
http://faithvictoria.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/phil-jacobs-and-the-clergy-abuse-scandal/#comment-244
The report is generally good, but he errs in giving November 20 as the date for Jacobs’ trial date to be set in the B. C. Supreme Court, as that is a Saturday.
As I reported yesterday at one of my blogs, the court date for Father Phil Jacobs’ trial date to be set is November 30 at 2:00 p. m. in the Victoria courthouse.
- Gregory Hartnell
Am I wrong in thinking that Phil will have to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty today?
I hope that someone at the trial or with any information will be able to post an update to the site. Thanks! Patrick
Hi Patrick
Today the court will pick dates for Jacobs’ trial. He COULD decide to enter a guilty plea today, but the purpose of today’s hearing is specifically to set the dates for trial.
Jacqueline Lamoureux said that she will be attending and will post what she can.
Don’t forget that the time change. Right now it is 10 am where I am in Ontario, and 7 am out in Victoria, BC. The hearing is 2 pm Victoria time – it will probably be over in an hour or less. Allowing Jacqueline time to get home, it will probably be at least 7 pm before those of us in this time zone hear anything.
It’s been adjourned to the 14th of December.
Thank you Jon. I will make note of that on the Legal Calendar.
Oct 9 2012
2 weeks
Thank you Jon. I have updated the Legal Calendar.
October 2012?!!! That is a long way away – a long long wait for those who first went to police in 2009, and from the time charges were first laid in summer 2010.
But, that’s the way it is.
Keep the complainants in your prayers over the next 10 months as they await their day in court. Those who know the complainants please keep in touch with them – they will need your support.