 He resigned from his position in Prince George in 1991 after being charged with sexual assaults.He was convicted in 1996 of committing rape and indecent assault on two young aboriginal women during the 1960s when he was a priest.He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison by Justice Wally Oppal, who later became British Columbia's Attorney General from June 16, 2005 to June 10, 2009.