Priest facing sex counts has bail set at $85,000

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The Vancouver Sun

30 August 1989 

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. – A Northwest Territories priest who faces seven counts of sexually assaulting children has been released on bail after appearing in court Tuesday.

Bail for Eric Dejaeger, 42, was set at $85,000. Dejaeger, the Catholic priest in Baker Lake, N.W.T., for the last six years, is originally from Belgium. He was ordered to surrender his passports before leaving for a Catholic retreat in Manitoba.

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