When did Phil Jacobs get arrested? Was it over a year ago? And now, it will be another for the trial to happen. Nearly. Not till October 9, 2012 will the BC Supreme Court try the former Catholic priests for charges of molesting Victoria altar boys. That’s too long for this case or any other case. it is a blot on the record of the Liberal government. Justice delayed is justice denied and so on.
For your records, Jacobs watchers, his case number is 151281-2.
Since I wrote this the Vancouver Sun has done a major story on delays in the BC courts and how hundreds of prosecutions may be thrown out by judges on the grounds that justice delayed is justice denied.
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Good points, Steve.
This travesty of justice reminds me of the Robin Blencoe case, where I believe Mr. Blencoe, a one-time NDP politician for Victoria (who occasionally showed up at the Cathedral), accused of sexual molestation of a number of women, successfully had all the charges thrown out using the ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ arguments.
It would be a real shame if the charges against Fr. Jacobs are thrown out using similar bogus legal arguments.
Gregory Hartnell
gregory: Except I don’t think the justice delayed is justice denied argument is bogus. Let’s just hope it is the outrage over some *other* high profile case being tossed that gets the government moving. Unforutnately it is human nature: something outrageous has to happen before the system gets fixed. Steve