shockedcanadian
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American and other international agencies are watching Canada very closely I assure you. The criminal actions of judges here, hand in hand with the unaccountable police state have undermined our reputation.
Stay tuned.
www.thestar.com
An Ontario judge who retired before he could be punished for assaulting and sexually assaulting a woman and failing to promptly turn himself in to police, conducted himself as if the law “should not apply to him because he is a judge,” a discipline panel has found.
Paul Currie was found guilty on multiple judicial misconduct allegations earlier this year, but the four-member panel of the Ontario Judicial Council initially released only a summary of its decision; it published its full 100-page judgment on Tuesday. Currie, who was once on the shortlist to become chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, retired in January after the summary was released — before a penalty hearing could be held.
“Judges are expected to conduct themselves in an exemplary fashion not just in the courtroom, but outside of it as well,” wrote the panel, chaired by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Paul Rouleau.
The panel was especially critical of Currie, 71, for failing to surrender to police for five days in April 2023 despite knowing there was a warrant out for his arrest.
“Justice Currie unilaterally decided that the regular legal process should not apply to him,” the panel wrote. “A reasonable member of the public viewing that conduct would likely conclude that Justice Currie was not acting in a judicial manner, but rather, as an accused person who felt unilaterally entitled to place himself above the legal process he was sworn to serve.”
The identity of the woman at the heart of the case is covered by a publication ban; she is identified only as “AA” in the decision, which details the panel’s findings following a multi-day hearing in a downtown Toronto courtroom last November at which both AA and Currie testified.
Stay tuned.
Ex-Ontario judge Paul Currie showed ‘contempt for the law,’ misconduct panel says in decision finding he raped, assaulted woman
“A reasonable observer viewing Justice Currie’s conduct could only conclude that it reflects an attitude that the ordinary operation of the law, including the possibility of time spent in a
www.thestar.com
An Ontario judge who retired before he could be punished for assaulting and sexually assaulting a woman and failing to promptly turn himself in to police, conducted himself as if the law “should not apply to him because he is a judge,” a discipline panel has found.
Paul Currie was found guilty on multiple judicial misconduct allegations earlier this year, but the four-member panel of the Ontario Judicial Council initially released only a summary of its decision; it published its full 100-page judgment on Tuesday. Currie, who was once on the shortlist to become chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, retired in January after the summary was released — before a penalty hearing could be held.
“Judges are expected to conduct themselves in an exemplary fashion not just in the courtroom, but outside of it as well,” wrote the panel, chaired by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Paul Rouleau.
The panel was especially critical of Currie, 71, for failing to surrender to police for five days in April 2023 despite knowing there was a warrant out for his arrest.
“Justice Currie unilaterally decided that the regular legal process should not apply to him,” the panel wrote. “A reasonable member of the public viewing that conduct would likely conclude that Justice Currie was not acting in a judicial manner, but rather, as an accused person who felt unilaterally entitled to place himself above the legal process he was sworn to serve.”
The identity of the woman at the heart of the case is covered by a publication ban; she is identified only as “AA” in the decision, which details the panel’s findings following a multi-day hearing in a downtown Toronto courtroom last November at which both AA and Currie testified.
