Monday, March 8, 2010

Self-described pastor gets more jail time for sex assault

Daniel Cormier

Cormier is already in jail for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl who he insists he married.

A self-described pastor who is serving time for sexually assaulting a minor he claimed was his child bride has been sentenced to an additional nine months for abusing another girl.

Daniel Cormier was convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old who was a parishioner and volunteer at his now-defunct Church of Downtown Montreal.

The sentence handed down in a Montreal courtroom today will run consecutively to the five-year prison term he received last January.

Cormier, who is in his late 50s, was convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he'd claimed as his bride after a ceremony at the church.

The assaults against the 16-year-old victim took place before those against the 10-year-old.

Quebec court Judge Claude Leblond noted in his sentencing today that the teenage girl viewed Cormier as a sort of guru.

Cormier did not testify in the case and did not express any remorse.

In the other case, Cormier insisted he was innocent and that his 10-year-old victim was in love with him.

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