B.C. church worker who sexually assaulted 11 jailed for 6.5 years

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Seventy-eight yr outdated Raymond Howard Gaglardi has been jailed for six and a half years for a string of intercourse assaults towards boys and males he met at church buildings in Vancouver and Coquitlam.

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In accordance with Supreme Courtroom of B.C. Justice Paul Riley, Gaglardi dedicated the offences over a interval of 40 years — beginning in 1971 — towards 11 male victims aged 10 to 30.

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“All the victims have been a lot youthful than Gaglardi,” Riley wrote in his sentencing report. “In every occasion, Gaglardi took benefit of a place of belief, exploited the vulnerability of the sufferer, and touched the sufferer in a sexual method. Lots of the victims suffered substantial and extended impacts because of Gaglardi’s offending behaviour.”

Gaglardi was discovered responsible of the offences final September.

Courtroom heard the assaults occurred throughout two intervals. The primary from 1971 to 1981 whereas Gaglardi labored in numerous capabilities on the Glad Tidings Temple in Vancouver. The second was between 1993 and 2015 on the Hillside Neighborhood Church in Coquitlam.

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Gaglardi would use his position as a counsellor to isolate his victims after which use quite a lot of ploys to the touch their genitals.

At trial, Gaglardi’s attorneys offered 14 character references. Nonetheless, Riley famous “the case legislation acknowledges that in view of the secretive nature of sexual offending of the kind engaged in by Mr. Gaglardi, character references of this type are of restricted worth.”

Riley additionally famous that Gaglardi’s spouse believes his declare that he has achieved no flawed (Gaglardi pleaded not responsible to the offences).

“The crimes dedicated by Gaglardi have been perpetrated in non-public, in a context the place his status and good standing in numerous church buildings was truly one of many components that led the victims to position belief in him,” Riley stated.

Gaglardi will serve his sentence in a federal jail.

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