Justice put on Trial
Incredible story of a series of court cases and the thousand and one harassments perpetrated against Father John Gregory and the Apostles of Infinite Love. Even in our time, you can be ‘‘legally’’ persecuted for your Faith. Solid documentation includes many court transcripts. Fifty pages of photos and sketches grace the text.
by the Apostles of Infinite Love. Incredible story of a series of court cases and the thousand and one harassments perpetrated against Father John Gregory and the Apostles of Infinite Love. Even in our time, you can be ‘‘legally’’ persecuted for your Faith. Solid documentation includes many court transcripts. Fifty pages of photos and sketches grace the text. 325 pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword .....Page 11
THE FAMOUS "SEQUESTRATION" STORY .....13
ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT .....21
- Petition .....27BAIL DENIED .....31
- Insinuation of perjury .....33 - Judge Gerard Girouard's "logic" .....34 - "The defendant does not feel guilty" .....35 - "Those people would not betray him" .....37ANOTHER PRE-TRIAL JUDGMENT .....41
By the Hon. Marc-André Bédard, ex-Minister of "Justice" (Journal of Debates, June 8, 1978)THE WAR OF NERVES .....47
- A historical raid .....49 - Courthouse "membership" .....51 - A Community of... "criminals" .....54 - The police "force" .....55 - The letter of the nuns who say they were brutalized by the plice .....57 - Did the Sisters have the right to resist? .....63 - Is begging allowed? .....66 - The preoccupations of a Chief Justice .....67 - Back to jail .....69 - Extraordinary vigilance .....70 - The role of the media .....70DOUBLE STANDARDS .....75
- With CJOH-TV (Ottawa) and Greenwell .....75 - The Crown's attitude .....77 - A "legal" kick .....78 - Judge Vallerand: Violence gets the green light! .....82 - Atty. Guy Fortier's interpretation .....83 - Laws and comments .....84THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER REFUSES .....89
- Before Judge Perry Meyer .....91 - Before Judge Claude Vallerand .....94 - The affidavit from Toronto .....97THE CONTEMPT OF COURT TRIAL .....101
- "Do I have your word as a good Christian?" .....106 - Behind the scenes .....108 - They did not want the children .....111 - An exceptional judge .....112 - For Father John, quite another "justice" .....113A MEMORABLE PLEA FOR THE DEFENCE .....115
By Atty. Gilles DuguayFROM CAIPHAS TO PILATE .....123
- The Court of Appeal refuses .....124 - Transfer to Bordeaux .....124 - Superior Court refuses .....125 - Return to the Court of Appeal .....127 - Back to Superior Court .....128EVERYONE JOINS IN THE ACT .....131
- Legal Aid .....131 - The "crime against the person" .....134 - Youth Protection .....135 - A Jonestown in Quebec .....137 - Deprogramming for the Apostles .....144 - Our youth "in danger" .....150 - Arbitrary expulsion from Guadeloupe .....155CANADIAN IMMIGRATION .....159
- Checking visitors .....160 - Towards religious .....161 - Bias at Mirabel .....163 - Hare-brained interrogations .....165 - Immigration "toleration .....168OLD PREJUDICES AND COURT INJUSTICE .....171
- Petition for change of venue .....174RELIGION ON TRIAL .....177
BILL CURRIER'S CREDIBILITY .....195
- Joining the Monastery .....196 - A different version .....198 - Life at the Monastery and departure .....201 - What kind of game is he playing? .....204"DOING EVIL IN LEGAL FORMS" .....215
Judgment on sentence pronounced against Father John Gregory of the Trinity, by Judge Guy Boilard, October 13, 1978 - Request for permission to appeal on a question of mixed fact and law .....252THE PROCEEDINGS MULTIPLY .....255
The Corporation is incriminatedTHE COURT OF APPEAL .....261
I. -- The sequestration charge was null and void .....261II. -- The empanelling of the jury was done irregularly and thus its verdict was null and void .....263III. -- Introduction into the file of illegal evidence .....266IV. -- The grave irregularities committed by the Crown (Atty. Faucher) in his plea before the jury .....270V. -- Errors of the judge in his directives to the jury .....283TWO YEARS OF PENITENTIARY .....287
- Sentence vitiated by errors on a question of law .....289 - Request for permission to appeal against sentence .....295IN SUPREME COURT .....299
VARIOUS UNDERTAKINGS .....307
- Recourse to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court .....308 - At the Parliament in Ottawa .....310 - To the Ministry of Justice .....313 - Mutual accusations between Quebec and Ottawa .....315EPILOGUE .....318
List of authorities quoted .....322
Chronological Table .....323
Specific References
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