Justice Faiyaz Alibhai read the details of each count to the court on Thursday morning, describing the abuse Dejaeger inflicted on six girls and one boy. "He destroyed their childhood ...
“He destroyed their childhood, hurt their relations with their families and ruined their relationship with their church,” Justice Faiyaz Alibhai said in his sentencing decision Thursday.
Baasch told Justice Faiyaz Alibhai that Dejaeger's guilty plea should be considered a significant mitigating factor in sentencing, as it spared victims from having to testify. But she said that ...