Surrey North Delta Leader, May 10, 2012

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Surrey man faces more sex charges Former priest and scout leader once described as one of Canada’s most prolific sex offenders by Kevin Diakiw A SURREY man described in court as one of the most prolific sex

offenders in Canada faces seven more charges of sexually assaulting young people. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged former Anglican priest and scout leader Ralph Rowe with five new counts of sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault. The charges, laid on April 22 by the OPP North West Region Crime Unit in Thunder Bay, relate to incidents that allegedly occurred in northwestern Ontario between 1973 and 1986 in the First Nations communities of Fort Severn, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Wunnumin Lake and Kingfisher Lake. Rowe, 72, currently lives in Surrey. An OPP statement issued Tuesday (May 8) said Rowe was served a summons by an RCMP officer and is scheduled to appear in court in Kenora, Ont. on May 31. He has been incarcerated twice before, serving more than six years in jail for multiple counts of sex-related Ralph Rowe crimes involving boys as young as six. The incidents occurred during the 1970s and 1980s while Rowe was travelling to remote First Nations communities in Manitoba and Ontario to conduct church services and youth events. Rowe was described by a Crown prosecutor as one of the “most prolific” sex offenders Canada has ever seen. At his first trial in Kenora, Ontario Superior Court in 1994, Rowe pleaded guilty to 39 counts of indecent assault involving 19 boys and was sentenced to six years. Under the terms of his plea bargain, Rowe would serve no additional jail time if convicted of other similar offences. See CHURCH / Page 3

DAN PEARCE / CONTRIBUTOR

Jan and Bob Marshall play with their black Lab, Jenny. The Marshalls volunteered to raise Jenny on behalf of B.C. Guide Dog Services until she’s ready to begin formal training to become a guide dog.

Volunteer puppy raisers needed Canines socialized prior to their training as guide dogs by Dan Pearce WHEN THE MARSHALLS’ black Lab

reached the end of his life, the family was devastated. “He was my pal. He went to 14 years when we had to put him down,” said Bob Marshall. “It just about destroyed me. I can’t do that again,

but I do still want a dog.” The puppy-raising program at B.C. Guide Dog Services has provided the perfect solution for the Marshalls – and the dogs. Puppy raisers are volunteers who begin caring for future guide dogs several weeks after they’re born. The volunteers take in pooches for 15-18

months, socializing them and getting them comfortable with the outside environment. The raisers are responsible for developing the puppies into obedient, wellsocialized, confident adult dogs. The canines then undertake professional

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