A self-styled pastor now serving five years in prison for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl was sentenced Monday to an additional nine months for abusing another girl.
Daniel Cormier, 58, was convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl who was a parishioner and volunteer at the now defunct Église du Centre-Ville (Church of Downtown Montreal) — a church which catered to the drug-addicted and downtrodden.
Cormier will serve the sentence after completing the five year term he received in January 2009 for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl he claimed he had married.
Both girls turned to Cormier’s church when they were having problems at home.
Cormier became a sort of parental figure in the lives of the girls and frequently stayed and vacationed with him, said members of the church.
The teenage girl viewed Cormier as a sort of “guru,” said Crown prosecutor Anne Gauvin.
Cormier’s actions were persistant and planned exploitation, noted Quebec Court judge Claude Leblond in his sentencing.
Cormier did not express any remorse in either case and did not testify Monday.
The sexual assaults occurred sporadically between 1993 and 1996. In the first case, which pre-dated the assaults on the 16-year-old, Cormier insisted he was innocent and his 10-year-old victim was in love with him
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