A defrocked Catholic priest was found guilty yesterday of raping dozens of children and a sled dog in the Canadian Arctic, where he worked as a missionary for decades.
Belgian-born Eric Dejaeger, 67, was convicted of 31 counts of sexual
offences against children and one count of bestiality. At the start of
the his trial last November in Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s
northernmost Nunavut territory, Dejaeger acknowledged and pleaded guilty
to eight out of 80 original charges.