Eric Dejaeger

• Former priest sentenced to 6 years for sex abuse of Nunavut children

  Dejaeger was previously convicted of dozens more offences against children and adults in Nunavut and Alberta.

  Crime

  Jan 30, 2025
  
• Lawyers suggest 6 years for ex-priest who abused Nunavut children

  WARNING: This story contains disturbing content.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2025
  
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• ‘Sick monster’: Defrocked priest pleads guilty to sex assaults of children in Nunavut

  Eric Dejaeger, who last year was sentenced for historical sex crimes against children in Alberta, pleaded guilty to similar assaults committed as a priest in Igloolik, Nunavut.

  Crime

  Jan 23, 2025
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• Defrocked Arctic priest convicted of sex offences against children to appeal

  A defrocked Arctic priest in prison for dozens of sex offences against Inuit children is appealing.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2015
• Former Arctic priest gets 19 years for sex offences

  Eric Dejaeger was convicted of dozens of sex offences against Inuit children that took place 35 years ago.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2015
• Former arctic priest convicted of child sexual abuse to address court

  Eric Dejaeger, convicted on 32 counts of child sexual abuse, is scheduled to take his second turn on the witness stand in Iqaluit as Justice Robert Kilpatrick considers the length of his prison sentence.

  Crime

  Jan 22, 2015
• Former Arctic priest found guilty on several sex charges

  A Nunavut judge has found a former Roman Catholic priest guilty of 24 of the more than 70 sex-related charges he faced involving Inuit children more than 30 years ago.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2014
• Wanted priest unsure if he’ll return to Canada to face child sex charges

  Justice Canada officials have declined to comment on whether Canada has ever entered into extradition discussions with France — which has a bilateral extradition treaty with Canada — over Rivoire.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2013
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• Witness says northern priest abused hungry child

  A witness at the trial of a former priest accused of child abuse in the North says the one-time cleric used hunger to lure children into sex.

  Crime

  Nov 20, 2013