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Father Joseph LeClair was released from jail earlier this month after serving almost two-thirds of his sentence for stealing from Sunday collections and church accounts at Blessed Sacrament Parish in the Glebe.
The convicted fraudster was granted a temporary absence by the Ontario Parole Board that began on Nov. 9 and ended Tuesday.
It means, LeClair was released from jail nine days early: He would have been released Tuesday after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
The parole board said in a decision that they granted LeClair a temporary absence for good behaviour from the Central East Region Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont.
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LeClair had applied for parole earlier this year after serving one-third of his sentence, but his application was denied on July 8. The parole board said LeClair’s release plan was not specific enough to allow for early parole.
LeClair pleaded guilty on Jan. 20 to theft and fraud charges. He had initially proclaimed his innocence after the Citizen first raised concerns about financial irregularities at the church in early 2011.
Those irregularities were confirmed by a Deloitte and Touche audit that found $1.16 million had been deposited into LeClair’s personal account between January 2006 and December 2010 and that $769,000 of that was his salary, legitimate stipends and gifts from parishioners or casino winnings.
Roughly $400,000 of the $1.16 million deposited into LeClair’s personal account could not be explained. For the purposes of a plea deal, the Crown accepted that LeClair defrauded Blessed Sacrament of $130,000.
The Ottawa Archdiocese received a $379,000 insurance settlement for money that was misappropriated from Blessed Sacrament during the last five years of LeClair’s tenure as parish priest.
LeClair was sentenced to one year in jail for what Ontario Court Justice Jack Nadelle described as a sizable fraud that lasted five years.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
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The convicted fraudster was granted a temporary absence by the Ontario Parole Board that began on Nov. 9 and ended Tuesday.
It means, LeClair was released from jail nine days early: He would have been released Tuesday after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
The parole board said in a decision that they granted LeClair a temporary absence for good behaviour from the Central East Region Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont.
Related
LeClair had applied for parole earlier this year after serving one-third of his sentence, but his application was denied on July 8. The parole board said LeClair’s release plan was not specific enough to allow for early parole.
LeClair pleaded guilty on Jan. 20 to theft and fraud charges. He had initially proclaimed his innocence after the Citizen first raised concerns about financial irregularities at the church in early 2011.
Those irregularities were confirmed by a Deloitte and Touche audit that found $1.16 million had been deposited into LeClair’s personal account between January 2006 and December 2010 and that $769,000 of that was his salary, legitimate stipends and gifts from parishioners or casino winnings.
Roughly $400,000 of the $1.16 million deposited into LeClair’s personal account could not be explained. For the purposes of a plea deal, the Crown accepted that LeClair defrauded Blessed Sacrament of $130,000.
The Ottawa Archdiocese received a $379,000 insurance settlement for money that was misappropriated from Blessed Sacrament during the last five years of LeClair’s tenure as parish priest.
LeClair was sentenced to one year in jail for what Ontario Court Justice Jack Nadelle described as a sizable fraud that lasted five years.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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