| Current cases before the courts involving civil and/or criminal action
ARSENAULT: Father Yvon Arsenault Charged Moncton, NB December 2013 and Miramichi March 2015. GUILTY plea October 2016. 24 February 2017: sentenced to four years. New charges 2017 Next court date TRIAL 20-24 August 2018 BOUCHER: Father Brian Boucher Charged March 2017. Next court dates: 08 June 14-15 2018 TRIAL 21 January 2019 DEJAEGER: Father Eric Dejaeger omi Appeal: 26 July 2017 HOSKINS: Father Gary Hoskins Charges laid Feb. ’13. Trial set for 21-24 March 2017. February ’17 charges STAYED . An appeal has apparently been filed. LABATT: Nathan Labatt There are no three sets of charges in three different jurisdictions. The next court dates are: Humboldt, Sask.: (Committed to stand trial in Court of Queen’s Bench) 07 April 2017 charges STAYED Kamsack charges: DECISION 31 March 2017 ACQUITTED Regina, Sask: Continuation of Preliminary Hearing 22 June 2017
LEGER: Father Ronald Leger csv Second set of charges. Next court date: 09 May 2018 LUCY: Brian Lucy First set of charges: GUILTY PLEA 02 October 2015. Second set of charges. GUILTY plea January2018. Next court date (sentencing): 22 May 2018 MCGRORY: Father Barry McGrory Charged November 2016. Next court date: 20 April 2018 MOREAU: Father Daniel Moreau Diocese Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. Charged March 2013. Guilty plea February 2017. Next court date: 23 May 2017 PARENTEAU: Richard Parenteau Ex priest. Charged May 2013. Next court date: SAKA: Father Amer Saka Charged 13 July 2016 with fraud over $5,000 and possessing proceeds of property or thing exceeding $5,000. Committed to stand trial in Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Next court date: 08 May 2018 SCERRI: Father Godwin Scerri mssp Fugitive from justice in Canada since 1993 when charges laid re allegations of sex abuse of young boy. 02 August 2011 CONVICTED in Malta for offences committed in Malta. Canada-wide warrant for his arrest. SELAS: Frank Selas Next court date (in USA): GUILTY plea 2018 SILVA: Father Jose Silva FUGITIVE from justice. Around or shortly before a May 2012 court-date fled the country with assistance of assistant Crown _____________________ Recent criminal cases in Canada which are no longer before the courts (ie have resulted in a conviction, Guilty plea, acquittal, stay or withdrawal of charges) ALLEN: Father William Allen (Father Bill) priest Archdiocese of Ottawa. Charged 12 July 2010. CONVICTED 19 April 2011 AMESSE: Father Stephen Amesse Charged December 2014. VERDICT: 02 May 2017 – ACQUITTED 06 March 2015 – NOT GUILTY BASTIEN: Father Linus Bastien. Next court date: DIED before standing trial BAZIN: Father Roger Bazin Charges withdrawn 22 December 2010 BERALDIN: Jessica Beraldin Charged 31 March 2016. GUILTY plea February 2018 BORNE: Monsignor Robert Borne priest diocese of Pembroke, Ontario. CONVICTED. 10 April 2012: nine month conditional sentence. BOROWEC: Father Bohdan Borowec (also Father Bothdan Borowic) Ukrainian Catholic priest serving in Ukrainian Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), Charged with sex assault and kidnapping a woman while vacationing in Hawaii. 09 August 2011: ACQUITTED BOUDREAU: Father James Boudreau former Barnabite priest now diocesan priest with Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario. January 2012 GUILTY plea. June 2012 sentenced to one jail term of 15 months and one of 6 months to run concurrently. BUCKLE: Father Bernard Buckle Died January 2015 CAMPBELL: Father Leo Campbell csb Basilian priest. Died 2008. Lawsuit filed. Settled out of court. CHABOT: Father Howard Chabot Charges withdrawn CLOUTIER: Father Bernard Cloutier Appeal of both conviction and five year sentence heard by Ontario Court of Appeal 20 April 2011. Conviction and sentencing upheld and Cloutier ordered to register as a sex offender. COOPER: Father Damian Cooper Lawsuit (filed December 2012) – seems to have settled out of court in 2014 COUTURE: Father Robert Couture 10 December 2015: GUILTY verdict. October 2016: sentenced 10 months in jail plus must pay back $75,000 to St. Anne’s parish in Tecumseh, Ontario DEL BIANCO: Gabriele Del Bianco charges of sexual assault laid April 2011. Convicted. Sentenced 14 May 2014 DE LOS CORTAZAR: Father Javier De Los Angeles Cortazar TRIAL date: 17-21 April 2017 Charges STAYED DESJARDINS: Father Omer Desjardins omi Previously convicted (guilty plea). Second set of charges laid Jan. ’17. Died December 2017 DOIRON: Father Yvon Doiron GUILTY fraud charges – Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick. 28 May 2012: sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay back $48,000. FALLONA: Father Michael Fallona csb Basilian priest. Lawsuit filed. August 2012 RESOLVED – ban on publication of details/ FAUCHER: Father Jacques Faucher Charged 13 February 2013. 23 March 2016 CONVICTED GRECCO: Donald Grecco Previously convicted. New charges laid Sept. ‘& Oct, 15. GUILTY plea May 2017. GRECCO: “Father” Donald Grecco ex priest/counsellor. Sex abuse charges: GUILTY. BREACH charge: CONVICTED 30 March 2011 GRIMARD: Father Rocky Grimard Charged in TEXAS April 2015: 16 November 2015: Pleaded no contest GROULX: Father Peter Groulx Charged 20 October 2014. June 2015 charges withdrawn GWYN: Father Robyn Gwyn Two sets of charges: One GUILTY plea. One GUILTY verdict. Sentenced to three years in jail. HAMILTON: Father Paul Hamilton lawsuit alleging sex abuse filed January 2012 HARVEY: Father Paul-Andre Harvey GUILTY plea JACOBS: Father Phillip Jacobs Convicted JORDAN: Father James Jordan omi Charges declared null 11 May 2011 KOKESCH: Deacon William Kokesch GUILTY plea February 2014. Sentenced to two years less a day LABELLE: Father Rene Labelle (Paul Emile) Charged 20 February 2012. Convicted January 2014. Appealed. Death by suicide August 2014 LAHEY: Bishop Raymond Lahey Sentenced to 15 months and two years probation. Given 2:1 credit for time served and released 04 January 2012. Defrocked/laicized. LALONDE: Marcel Lalonde Charged February 2014. ACQUITTED December 2017 LAISNEZ: Father Albert Laisnez Charged early 2014. August 2015 charges stayed LAVOIE: Father Raymond-Marie Lavoie CSsR 2012 appeal of three-year-sentence resulted in increase to five years. LEBLANC: Father Albert Leblanc GUILTY plea May 2012 – sentenced to five-and-a- half years LEBLANC: Brother Olivain Leblanc November 2017: 15 months house arrest for long-term sexual abuse of student which started when the boy was 13 LEBLANC: Father Rheal LeBlanc csc charged with possession of child porn. GUILTY plea July 2013 – sentenced to 14 days to be served on weekends. LeCLAIR: Father Joe LeClair 03 July 2012 charged with fraud, theft, money laundering and breach of trust. 20 January 2014: GUILTY plea. Sentenced to one year in jail. LECLAIR: Father Joe LeClair Guelph impaired driving charges . Next court date: Guilty plea LEFEBVRE: Father Jean-Claude Lefebvre – found unfit to stand trial – charges withdrawn LEROUX: Paul Leroux 2013 Sentenced to three years. Appeal by both Leroux and Crown: 18 February 2015 LUSSIER: Father Lucien Lussier priest Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. Charges stayed 17 June 2011 MARSHALL: Father William Hodgson Marshall GUILTY pleas 08 June 2011 and 04 March 2013. MILLER: Father Daniel Miller Guilty plea on first set of sex abuse charges. Acquitted on second NOEL: Father Levi Noel priest Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Previously convicted. New charges April 2011. GUILTY. Sentence to run concurrent to previous sentence. NUMBI: Father Joseph Numbi Phaku Mavambu Priest from Republic of Congo serving in Diocese of Edmunston, New Brunswick.. GUILTY plea 23 June 2011 for sex abuse of young girl between 2008 and 2010. O’KEEFE: Father Kenneth O’Keefe 06 September 2012 GUILTY plea in Ottawa, Ontario and later GUILTY plea in Quebec. PICOT: Father Charles Picot DIED 31 March 2016 before trial on fourth set of charges REED: Father Michael Reed lawsuit launched January 2012 alleges Father Reed knew that Father Paul Hamilton was sexually abusing a teenage boy and failed to report to the proper authorities SANCZENKO: Father Piotr Sanczenko (Peter Sanczenko) Polish priest, Diocese of London, Ontario. Ordained 1954. 2010 charges laid. 05 March 2013 charges withdrawn and stayed. SARRAZIN: Brother Georges Sarrazin Next court date: June 2015 Suspended SMITH: Father George Smith March 2013 sentenced to 11 years in jail. New charges laid 2017. GUILTY plea September 2017 Sullivan: Father John Sullivan Charged June & October 2012 (second set of criminal charge). DIED 27 March 2016 before standing trial on second set of charges SULLIVAN: Father Mark Sullivan (Brantford, Ontario) 13 August 2012: charges withdrawn – entered into a peace bond SYLVESTRE: Father Charles Sylvestre (deceased) CONVICTED Vaillancourt: Father Denis Vaillancourt Charged 29 October 2015. GUILTY verdict June 2017 ____________________________ WINGLE: Bishop James Wingle resigned suddenly and prematurely. Whereabouts officially said to be unknown for months. ‘Found’ in Montreal Quebec mid-May 2012. |
My interest is in Robert Couture. I would like to know when he is sentenced and what sentence he receives.
He will be sentenced 03 October 2016. As soon as the news of the sentence is out I will post it -probably late afternoon or early evening of that day.