Former Canadian bishops’ staffer jailed for producing child porn

William Kokesch, a deacon in the Montreal archdiocese and former communications director
for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

MONTREAL, March 25, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- A former communications director for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and deacon in the Archdiocese of Montreal has been sentenced to 2 years less a day in jail for producing and distributing child pornography.

William Kokesch was arrested in December 2012 after police searched his home in Pointe Claire and his office at the parish where he served as a deacon. They seized over 2,000 child pornography images.

Kokesch, now 68, worked for the CCCB from 1995 to 2005 and helped coordinate Canadian participation at World Youth Day in 1997, 2000, 2002, and 2005.

At the time of his arrest, he was serving as a deacon at St. Edmund of Canterbury Church in Beaconsfield on Montreal’s West Island.

During his tenure with the CCCB communications service, Kokesch was responsible for promulgating the Canadian bishops' response to the sex abuse scandal of the early 2000s.  (more...)

Former Canadian bishops’ staffer jailed for producing child porn

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