A Catholic priest91裸聊视频檚 sex assaults on Inuit children decades ago in Igloolik, Nvt., transformed a once friendly and trusting hamlet into a place marred by anger and addiction, court heard Thursday.

Wails and shouts could be heard in the Iqaluit courtroom where Eric Dejaeger pleaded guilty to indecent assaults against six girls and one boy between 1978 and 1982. He91裸聊视频檇 previously been convicted of dozens of offences against children and some adults.

A woman, whose relatives were abused by Dejaeger and was in court to offer support, read a victim impact statement describing the harm done to the tight-knit community.

91裸聊视频淚 grew up in Igloolik, in a beautiful environment (where) everybody knows everybody, greeting each other with smiles and laughter. There was much respect for each other in that community,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淭oday, that environment is gone 91裸聊视频� The once happy community is now filled with anger, disrespect, abuse and mental illness.91裸聊视频�

She called Dejaeger a 91裸聊视频渟ick monster.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 am not going to tell you to rot in hell, but I hope they throw you in a small room with vicious husky dogs and they rip you up alive.91裸聊视频�

Indecent assault is no longer listed as an offence under the Criminal Code but was at the time the offences occurred.

Prosecutor Emma Baasch described each of the assaults in graphic detail in the Nunavut Court of Justice. Baasch spoke of horrific sex acts. Children were as young as four when the abuse began, she said.One complainant described blacking out from the pain.

In some cases, it began with the priest offering the children candy. Court heard Dejaeger gave a picture to a girl to colour before taking her on his lap and assaulting her. It was of Jesus giving someone a flower.

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Baasch said Dejaeger told another girl 91裸聊视频渢hat Jesus would not accept her anymore91裸聊视频� if she told anyone what happened.

A woman who said the abuse started when she was six years old said she would urinate on herself to protect herself. The more it smelled, the safer she felt.

91裸聊视频淚 would let it dry and do the same thing all over again. I refused to change my underwear and my pants,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淚 wanted revenge for the little girl he hurt. I wanted revenge because the little girl was scared. I don91裸聊视频檛 want revenge anymore.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 51 years old and I91裸聊视频檓 not a little girl anymore and I91裸聊视频檓 not scared anymore.91裸聊视频�

Some delivering victim impact statements spoke of how they will no longer set foot in a Catholic church or let their children do so.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 like to go to church anymore, even if it91裸聊视频檚 a special occasion,91裸聊视频� one woman said in her victim impact statement.

91裸聊视频淚 hate seeing new priests come to our community. I hate the smell of the incense that the Catholic church uses.91裸聊视频�

She said she recently found her birth certificate and that she planned to burn it because she thinks Dejaeger may have baptized her.

91裸聊视频淚 will now check and burn it, even if Eric91裸聊视频檚 name isn91裸聊视频檛 on it because it comes from the Catholic church.91裸聊视频�

A picture of that woman when she was five years old was presented to the court as an exhibit, and pained wailing could be heard in the video conference of the court proceedings.

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Some women described feeling uneasy receiving physical affection from boyfriends or husbands and using drugs and alcohol to ease the pain. They also said they91裸聊视频檙e afraid of dogs because Dejaeger had one.

RCMP announced in June 2023 that Dejaeger had been arrested on a Canada-wide warrant in Kingston, Ont., where he had been living. They said the charges stemmed from investigations conducted between 2011 and 2015.

He was previously convicted of committing numerous sexual offences while working as an Oblate missionary.

Dejaeger served part of a five-year sentence, beginning in 1990, for sexual crimes against children in Baker Lake, Nvt., committed between 1982 and 1989.

In 2015, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for 32 crimes against Inuit children and some adults between 1978 and 1982 in Igloolik. The offences included indecent assault, unlawful confinement and bestiality.

Later that year, he was also sentenced for historical sexual offences against children in Alberta, to be served concurrently with his sentence for the earlier Igloolik charges.

He was given statutory release on May 19, 2022, after serving two-thirds of his sentence.