Conviction For Indecent Assault
In 1998, Elder pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 10 teenage boys between 1970 and 1980. On March 12, 1998, Judge Faith Finnestad sentenced Elder to two years less a day in jail.
The boys were all between the ages of 18 and 20 at the time of the encounters but Canada's laws at the time gave 21 as the age of consent for homosexuals.
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