R. Yachetti

The offender pleaded guilty to defrauding her employer of over $219,000 over a five-year period using three separate methods, including forging a colleague's signature on cheques.

The Crown sought an 18-23 month custodial sentence with restitution and a fine in lieu of forfeiture.

The defence sought a conditional sentence.

The court imposed a one-year custodial sentence, finding that a conditional sentence would be inconsistent with the fundamental purposes of sentencing, particularly denunciation and deterrence in cases involving breach of trust.

The court also imposed restitution orders and a fine in lieu of forfeiture.

The accused pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault involving two separate young victims in 1983 and 1984.

The accused was a parish priest who abused his position of trust.

The court imposed a sentence of 15 months imprisonment with a concurrent 6-month sentence, rejecting the defence submission for a conditional sentence.

The court found that general deterrence and denunciation required incarceration in a traditional setting despite mitigating factors including the accused's first-offender status, genuine remorse, guilty plea, and exemplary conduct as a priest since the offences.