Sentencing decision arising from historic sexual offences against four child victims, including prolonged abuse of one complainant and school-based abuse of others while the offender was a teacher.
The court held that denunciation, specific deterrence, abuse of trust, the youth of the victims, and significant victim impact required a penitentiary sentence notwithstanding medical and religious accommodation arguments.
The court accepted limited credit for restrictive bail conditions under Downes, fixed total credit at three months, and imposed a net sentence of five years.
Ancillary orders including lifetime SOIRA, lifetime s. 161 prohibition, DNA, non-contact, and weapons prohibition were granted, and the sentence was ordered consecutive to an earlier child pornography sentence.
