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Defence questions memory, motivation of priest’s alleged sex abuse victims
IQALUIT, Nunavut – The defence lawyer for a priest facing dozens of sex abuse charges involving Inuit children is questioning the memory and motivation of the complainants.
Malcolm Kempt has cross-examined a woman who says Eric Dejaeger (deh-YAY’-guhr) taped her face-down by her wrists and feet to a bed frame and violated her when she was a little girl.
Kempt asked the witness what Dejaeger was wearing at the time and requested she outline specific events around the attack.
He also queried her about a $16,000 out-of-court settlement she got from the Catholic Church.
Kempt has said the memory and credibility of alleged victims about events 30 years ago are key to Dejaeger’s defence.
Court has adjourned due to a raging blizzard in Iqaluit that has shut all government services in the Nunavut capital.
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