Gerald Renshaw

Gerry Renshaw

Gerry Renshaw was sexually molested by probation officer Ken Seguin.  Gerry lived in Seguin’s waterfront home for two years he reported that he had seen various prominent men at the  home of Ken Seguin and at the Stanley Island cottage of lawyer, former Crown attorney and child molester Malcolm MacDonald   (see below).  Gerry stood behind all of those allegations when he testified at the Cornwall Public Inquiry.
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Transcripts

25 June 2007:  Transcript of testimony of Gerry Renshaw at Cornwall Public Inquiry

20 June 2007: Transcript of testimony of Gerry Renshaw at Cornwall Public Inquiry

19 June 2007:  Transcript of testimony of Gerry Renshaw at Cornwall Public Inquiry

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05 December 1996 Affidavit

of Gerry Renshaw (typos as in the original)

STATEMENT

GERALD WESLEY RENSHAW   06 December 1965

I, Gerald Wesley Renshaw, a.k.a. Gerry Renshaw, currently reside in the city of Cornwall Ontario. I am 30 years old.

I lived on the St. Lawrence River in Ken Seguin’s home for approximately two years. I lived at Ken Seguins home from on or about late 1987 to early 1990.

During the time that I lived at Ken Seguin’s home, Mr. Ron Leroux and [C-8] were neighbours that lived one door away they were good friends of Ken Seguin. Mr. Fern Touchette was also a neighbour of Ken Seguin’s, and a good friend.

On or about 1989-1990, I observed Malcolm MacDonald, Claude Shaver ( ex Chief of Police ) and Stuart MacDonald at Ken Seguin’s home in Summerstown, Ontario. All three of them were standing at the north-west corner of Ken’s front yard in front of Malcolm MacDonald’s car. The car (Malcolm’s) was a 1987 Fifth Avenue gun metal blue. It was a nice summer afternoon and I was returning from work at Richmond Diecasting in Summerstown, Ontario. I was returning from work to get a change of clothes. I remember seeing either one or two of them holding duffle bags. I said hello to them and I don’t belive that they responded. I go inside Ken’s home and get my change of clothes. I stay inside approximately five minutes and exit through the back door. As I go to my truck, I observe again Malcolm MacDonald, Claude Shaver and Stuart McDonald, still standing and talking in the same general area in the front yard of Ken’s home. I then got into my truck and left.

I have observed Stuart McDonald, a police officer, at Ken Seguin’s home on other occasions, at least twice.

I have observed Ron Wilson, owner of Wilson’s funeral home, at Ken Seguin’s home numerous times.

I have observed Claude Shaver, ex Chief of Police of Cornwall Ontario, at least three times.

I have observed Charles MacDonald, a catholic priest, at Ken Seguin’s home once or twice a week.

I have observed Bishop Eugene LaRocque at Ken Seguin’s home at least a half dozen times.

I have observed Kevin Maloney, a catholic priest, at Ken Seguin’s home at least twice.

I have observed Malcolm MacDonald, lawyer and ex Crown Attorney, at Ken Seguin’s home once or twice a week. Malcolm was like furniture at Ken’s, he was always there.

I have observed David Ostler at least once at Ken Seguin’s home. I was later informed that he was a priest.

I have observed David Latreille at Ken Seguin’s house at least a dozen times. I have observed Ron Leroux at Ken Seguin’s home daily.

I have observed [C-8] at Ken Seguin’s home at least twice weekly.

I have observed Ranald (Rory) MacDonald at Ken Seguin’s home at least twice.

I have observed Joss VanDeepen, a probation officer in Cornwall, at Ken Seguin’s home at least half a dozen times.

I have observed Cara Berry at Ken Seguin’s home weekly. Cara Berry was at all relevant times my girlfriend.

I have observed Fern Touchette at Ken Seguin’s home daily.

I have observed Al Laplante at Ken Seguin’s home at least once a month.

I have observed Dale Crowder at Ken Seguin’s home on numerous occasions. I have observed Norm Robertson at Ken’s home on numerous occasions.

I have observed my two brothers, Fred Renshaw and Bobby Renshaw, at Ken Seguin’s home at least every two months.

I have observed my sister Carole Deschamps, at Ken Seguin’s home on several occasions.

I have observed Harvey Berry Jr. a.k.a. Pitou (P2) at least every two weeks.

I have observed a guy named Gino at least two or three times, once at Ken’s and once or twice at St Andrew’s parish house and also at the parish house in Williamstown. Gino would always come with David Latrielle.

I have observed David Morpaw at Ken Seguin’s home on numerous occasions. I have observed XXXX [C-5] at Ken Seguin’s home at least once. I have observed Mark Menard at Ken Seguin’s home at least once a month.

I have observed Brian MacDonald at Ken Seguin’s home at least half a dozen times.

I have observed several other people at Ken Seguin’s house.

I have observed Andre Pommier, owner of a jewellery store in Cornwall, at Ken Seguin’s Home. I also observed Andre Pommier at Malcolm MacDonald’s Cottage, on Stanley Island, where on at least one occasion he spent the night.

I was introduced and met Daniel Flipson and Sylvain Flipson through Charles MacDonald. I was Introduced to Daniel and Sylvain at the Williamstown parish.

I have observed a beaten-up suitcase, brown or beige with a flop-over cover with a lock on it. I observed it in Ken’s large closet in his bedroom. Ken advised me that he was being harassed by David Silmser. He stated that he was terrified of a criminal investigation and of losing his career and his family name. He advised me that he had to get rid of some video tapes that would implicate him. He also advised me that he had my probation records and that he had to destroy these as well. Approximately two days later, Ken advised me that my probation records were missing. Ken should not have had these records in the first place.

On or about late 1992, Charles MacDonald, Ken Seguin, Ron Leroux and Malcolm MacDonald are in Ken’s living room and they are discussing the unfairness of charging a priest from Alfred twenty years later. I quickly responded “fuck that, they should go after them”. After that you could hear the light bulbs. It was a dead silence. I then left the room.

Ken also talked about Perry Dunlop, the Police officer, after Perry went to C.A.S. Ken was terrified of being investigated. He said ” fucking Dunlop I’m going to lose my career”. It was approximately at this time Ken advised me about having to get rid of video tapes and my probation records.

On or about December 1993, I gave a statement to Chris McDonell an O.P.P. officer from Lancaster, there was also an Ottawa Police Officer there. The Ottawa Police officer advised me that there was a phone call between Ken Seguin and David Silmser. They interview me for no more that 15 minutes, short and sweet.

I am aware that Malcolm MacDonald, Ken Seguin, Ron Leroux, Don Labelle, Ron Wilson, Bishop Larocque, Charles MacDonald and David Latrielle would meet in Fort Lauderdale on different occasions.

I recognize and identify the following people from pictures that Perry Dunlop showed me:

#8 Bishop Eugene Larocque

#17 Murray MacDonald saw him at Ken’s or Malcolm’s cottage

#20 Father Charles MacDonald

#11 Father Kevin Maloney

#18 Malcolm MacDonald

#16 Ron Wilson

#10 Andre Pommier

#9 Stuart McDonald

#12 Bishop Eugene Larocque

#7 Stuart McDonald

#2 Claude Shaver

#6 Father Kevin Maloney

#21(b) Father David Ostler

I remember one time when this was going on that Malcolm was at Ken’s home. There was a conversation taking place where Malcolm was saying” I’ve been talking to Shaver about Dunlop and you’re worrying for nothing”. I remember that Ken was still worried a lot about the situation.

I got the impression from Ken that everything was coming to a boil. Ken indicated that Malcolm was going to retire and that he was aware that he was obstructing justice with this case. Ken said that the group was coming apart at the seams. I knew that they were homosexuals, but as I look back now I beleve in my heart and my gut that they were homosexual pedophiles.

The reason that I quit living at Ken Seguin’s home was the fact that he was coming onto me sexually. I also felt pressure from my friends and co-workers who were constantly saying ” what are you doing living with that queer, are you one?”

I saw a lot of people that were on probation stop by at Ken’s home. I saw a lot of people who were ex-probationers stop by at Ken’s home. Most of the probationers were 16 years of age and up.

I would have to say that Ken Seguin approached several of his probationers sexually. He would have had thousands of contacts over the years. I’m surprised that probation never investigated this entire mess.

As I look back now I knew things were coming to a boil. I thought Ken would do something drastic like leave. He told me he was in alot of shit. He never got into detail because he knew how I felt about people who touched kids or a pedophile. I told him to go to Floridia and open a bait shop. I knew why he killed himself before I even talked to Ron Leruox.

I make this statement of my own free will

Gerry Renshaw           05 December 1996

MEDIA coverage

Witness says he intentionally misled investigators in 90s

Cornwall Standard Freeholder

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 – 08:00

Terri Saunders

News from across S, D and G – A witness at the Cornwall Public Inquiry admitted Monday he misled sexual abuse investigators in the 1990s because he didn’t trust cops.

Gerald Renshaw has testified he didn’t have much confidence in police officers and Monday said he felt that way about members of the OPP’s Project Truth team who interviewed him in 1997.

“I didn’t have much faith in . . . Project Truth,” Renshaw said.

Renshaw said it was for this reason he wasn’t forthcoming with investigators about the abuse he says he suffered at the hands of Ken Seguin, a city probation officer who committed suicide in 1994. In a statement signed by Renshaw he qualifies the type of person he believed Seguin to be, going so far as to praise the man’s professionalism.

“I couldn’t ask for a better probation officer,” the statement reads. “He was very understanding.”

During cross-examination, a lawyer for the Cornwall Community Police Service suggested Renshaw’s statement wasn’t truthful.

“So, you didn’t tell the OPP the truth about Ken Seguin?” asked Peter Manderville.

“Correct,” said Renshaw.

“And (it was because) you have a general disdain for police officers?” asked Manderville.

“I have friends who are police officers,” said Renshaw. “So obviously I don’t hate all of them.”

Earlier in the day, a church lawyer suggested Renshaw also made up stories about having seen prominent men in the company of suspected child abusers.

David Sherriff-Scott, an attorney representing the Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese, suggested Renshaw has not been telling the truth about having seen priests, police officers and businessmen at a house owned by a probation officer and a cottage owned by a Crown attorney.

Renshaw testified last week he saw many well-known men at Seguin’s house in Summerstown and at Malcolm MacDonald’s cottage on Stanley Island in the 1980s and 1990s.

Sherriff-Scott told Renshaw several area priests identified by Renshaw in the past as having attended one or both locations denied the allegations when questioned by investigators in 1998.

“Did you expect them to say they were there?” Renshaw asked Sherriff-Scott.

“I expect them to have to have told the truth,” said Sherriff-Scott. “I expect that you are not.”

“Well,” said Renshaw, “I am.”

Manderville said Renshaw’s allegations he saw former city police chief Claude Shaver at the two locations have been categorically denied.

“He (Shaver) has said he never knew Ken Seguin and he’s never been to his house nor to Malcolm MacDonald’s cottage,” said Manderville. “He would say your statements are malicious and that you are a liar.”

“That’s about what I’d expect to hear,” said Renshaw.

Manderville suggested Renshaw was encouraged to make the statements about Shaver and another police officer, Stuart MacDonald, by former city cop Perry Dunlop in order to bolster Dunlop’s multi-million-dollar civil suit against the force. Renshaw denied he was ever encouraged by Dunlop to make such statements.

Sherriff-Scott also questioned Renshaw about his spiritual upbringing.

“You weren’t raised a Catholic?” asked Sherriff-Scott.

“I wouldn’t want to have been,” said Renshaw, who suggested he didn’t have to be a Catholic in order to recognize priests living in the community.

“I’ve known priests before. I have friends that are Catholic. I would have known some of them.”

Sherriff-Scott also suggested Renshaw’s allegations he saw Rev. Kevin Maloney, former Bishop Eugene LaRocque or Rev. Gary Ostler anywhere near the two locations in question are false.

“That’s your belief,” said Renshaw.

Lawyer suggests witness is lying

Cornwall Standard-Freeholder

Monday, June 25, 2007 – 08:00

Local News – By Terri Saunders

A church lawyer suggested today a witness at the Cornwall Public Inquiry is lying about having seen prominent men in the company of suspected child abusers.

David Sherriff-Scott, an attorney representing the Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese, was putting questions to Gerald Renshaw today when he suggested the man has not been telling the truth about having seen priests, police officers and businessmen at a house owned by a probation officer and a cottage owned by a Crown attorney.

Renshaw, who has alleged he was sexually assaulted by Ken Seguin, a city probation officer, testified last week he saw many well-known men at Seguin’s house in Summerstown and at Malcolm MacDonald’s cottage on Stanley Island in the 1980s and 1990s.

Sherriff-Scott told Renshaw several area priests identified by Renshaw in the past as having attended one or both locations denied the allegations when questioned by investigators in 1998.

“Did you expect them to say they were there?” Renshaw asked Sherriff-Scott.

“I expect them to have told the truth,” said Sherriff-Scott. “I expec that you are not.”

“Well,” said Renshaw, “I am.”

The inquiry is continuing.

Following Renshaw’s cross-examination, his lawyer pointed Comm. Normand Glaude to a story published in the Standard-Freeholder June 22 in which a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Attorney General defended local Crown attorney Murray MacDonald whom Renshaw claims he also saw at the two locations.

Dallas Lee raised concerns about a party with a standing at the inquiry speaking to the media about evidence, particularly in the middle of cross-examination of a witness.

“Things like this in a newspaper present a real risk of interfering with the ability of this witness to tell his story,” said Lee.

Glaude didn’t appear impressed with the fact the ministry spoke directly to Renshaw’s allegations outside the hearings room.

“I’m saddened by the manner in which parties here are insistent on having some aspects of this played out in the media,” said Glaude. “(Everyoe) should wait until the end of the inquiry to see what the (outcome) will be.”

The inquiry continues today.

Ministry stands by local Crown

Cornwall Standard Freeholder

Friday, June 22, 2007 – 08:00

Terri Saunders

Local News – Officials with the Ministry of the Attorney General Thursday jumped to the defence of a Crown attorney in the wake of allegations he socialized with alleged child abusers.

Gerald Renshaw testified at the Cornwall Public Inquiry Wednesday he saw local Crown attorney Murray MacDonald at a home in Summerstown owned by Ken Seguin, a city probation officer, and at a cottage on Stanley Island owned by former Crown attorney Malcolm MacDonald in the 1980s.

thoroughly investigated

“This allegation was thoroughly investigated by the Ontario Provincial Police on a number of occasions and was found to be baseless,” said Brendan Crawley, media spokesperson for the ministry.

“The allegation will be vigorously denied by Mr. (Murray) MacDonald when he testifies at the inquiry,” he said.

Seguin, who has been the subject of allegations of sexual abuse at the inquiry, committed suicide in 1994 before any criminal charges were laid against him. Malcolm MacDonald was charged with three sex-related offences in early 1999, but died in Florida in December of that same year before the charges went before the courts.

During testimony Wednesday, Renshaw described Murray MacDonald as having been in his 40s in the 1980s.

At that time, Murray MacDonald would have been in his 20s and he did not become the Crown for the region until 1992.

“The ministry maintains that he has consistently demonstrated the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in that position,” said Crawley.

Murray MacDonald wasn’t the only prominent member of the community whose name was bandied about by Renshaw during his testimony.

A number of police officers, priests and other professionals were also identified by Renshaw as having been at either Seguin’s house or Malcolm MacDonald’s cottage in the 1980s.

During cross-examination of Renshaw, a lawyer for the Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese told Comm. Normand Glaude he wanted to fully examine any dealings Renshaw with other witnesses prior to the start of the inquiry as well as address things such as criminal records and documented substance abuse.

“I want to know what was going on and what his involvement was,” said David Sherriff-Scott, “because … his story will not up about a lot of things, including my clients.”

Sherriff-Scott said while it’s not his intention to dispute any of the allegations of sexual abuse leveled at Seguin by Renshaw, he does believe it’s his duty to suggest the other claims made by the witness are false.

“He’s made all these statements about all these people, including a number of people connected with my client and other institutions,” said Sherriff-Scott.

“(They) are assertions of essentially impropriety, of a behaviour, of a group, of a clan . . . all through the attachment of these people to a variety of locations and activities.

“We should be entitled to explore the credibility of these assertions very, very significantly.”

Dallas Lee, a lawyer who represents The Victims Group of which Renshaw is a member, said Thursday any individuals who are alleged to have any connection to any of the matters being put forth at the inquiry retain the right to defend themselves in person before the commission. He also took issue with the ministry’s decision to refute the allegations in the media.

“The purpose of this commission is to gather information relevant to its mandate from any and all sources,” Lee said.

“All accused persons, persons of interest, community members and community leaders have been repeatedly and publicly invited to come forward as witnesses at the inquiry to help the commission understand how allegations, rumours and innuendo have affected individuals and the community, as well as to help us understand how the relevant institutions have treated them.

“The witness box is the proper forum to reply to a witness’ evidence at the inquiry, not the newspaper.”

Glaude once again put his take on the issue on the record Wednesday, suggesting he isn’t about to start placing gag orders on witnesses who come forward to testify before him.

“It has been my practice, and it will continue to be my practice, to permit as much as possible the full exploration of a person’s testimony and of the cross-examination,” said Glaude.

“What we have to do here is take the evidece that we have: people that have been affected by this inquiry and have something to say.” The inquiry resumes Monday.

Witness says he ferried men to homes of alleged abusers; But at least one says the allegations are ‘crazy’

Cornwall Standard Freeholder

Thursday, June 21, 2007 – 08:00

Terri Saunders

Local News – A number of prominent Cornwall men spent time at homes owned by a probation officer fingered as a child molester and a Crown attorney charged with sexual assault in the 1990s, a witness told the Cornwall Public Inquiry Wednesday.

Gerald Renshaw said he personally observed priests, businessmen and police officers at the home of Ken Seguin in Summerstown and at Malcolm MacDonald‘s cottage on Stanley Island in the 1980s and 1990s. Seguin was a probation officer at the time who has been identified by a number of witnesses at the inquiry as a perpetrator of sexual abuse against young boys.

MacDonald was charged with a number of sex-related offences in March 1999 by officers with Project Truth, an OPP investigation into child sexual abuse in the Cornwall area. MacDonald died in Florida in December 1999 before his matter could go to trial and Seguin committed suicide in 1994 before he was charged with any crime.

On Wednesday, Renshaw testified he ferried people to and from Seguin’s house and MacDonald’s cottage and named several people he observed either at one or both locations, including current Crown attorney Murray MacDonald, Rev. Charles MacDonald, former Cornwall Police Chief Claude Shaver and city businessman Andre Pommier.

“How often did you see Charles MacDonald there?” asked Peter Engelmann, lead commission counsel. “Once a week, twice a week,” said Renshaw.

“And Malcolm MacDonald?” asked Engelmann.”At least that often,” said Renshaw.

“Charles MacDonald and Ken Seguin had known each other for quite a few years. They were very good friends.”

Contacted Wednesday afternoon and informed of Renshaw’s allegations, one of the men named during testimony said he had no idea what Renshaw was talking about. “These guys are crazy,” said Pommier. “I don’t know Gerald Renshaw, I didn’t know Malcolm MacDonald, I’ve never been to any of these places and at the time it’s suggested I was, I was studying in Toronto. I wasn’t even in Cornwall.

“It’s unfortunate that people can just say these things about prominent members of the community and drag them into this.”

Renshaw, who is now 41 years old, testified he was sexually abused by Seguin over a 12-year period when he was a teenager and in his early 20s. For about two years between 1987 and 1990, Renshaw actually lived in Seguin’s house in Summerstown. He said while he was there, he observed other men, including former Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Bishop Eugene LaRocque, Rev. Kevin Maloney and former OPP and Cornwall police Inspector Stuart MacDonald.

Former city cop Perry Dunlop interviewed Renshaw about his assertions during a meeting between the two men at the McConnell Medical Centre in January 1997.

The site was chosen in order to ensure privacy, Renshaw said Wednesday. During the interview, Dunlop asked Renshaw if he believed the men who visited Seguin’s house or MacDonald’s cottage were acting in concert with one another.

“Do you believe . . . there was a large group of . . . high profile pedophiles operating here?” Dunlop asked.

“Very much so,” Renshaw replied.

During cross-examination Wednesday, an attorney for the Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese questioned Renshaw about the fact he had no proof any of the people he says he saw at either location were doing anything wrong.

“You don’t have any first-hand personal knowledge of any wrongdoing by anyone at Ken Seguin’s house or Malcolm MacDonald’s cottage other than Ken Seguin,” said David Sherriff-Scott.

“Correct,” said Renshaw.

Also during cross-examination, Renshaw was asked by a lawyer representing the Ministry of the Attorney General to physically describe Murray MacDonald as he would have been during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

“Was he a tall man?” asked lawyer Darrell Kloeze.

“He was a bit taller than me,” said Renshaw, who told the inquiry he’sabout 5’ 9″.

“What kind of hair did he have?” asked Kloeze. “Was he bald?”

“He had short hair,” said Renshaw.

“How old was he?” asked Kloeze.

“He was in his 40s, I would say,” said Renshaw.

“If I told you that Murray MacDonald has testified that he was never at Ken Seguin’s house or Malcolm MacDonald’s cottage, what would you say?”asked Kloeze.

“I wouldn’t believe it,” said Renshaw.

“And if I told you that he has said he never socialized with them and he’s never been there?” asked Kloeze.

“I don’t have an answer for that,” said Renshaw.

Renshaw said he observed pornographic magazines and video tapes at MacDonald’s cottage and described the walls of a bedroom being “wallpapered” with pictures of nude men.

“If the door to the bedroom was open, anyone could see it,” said Renshaw.

During cross-examination Wednesday, arguments were made as to whether lawyers can question Renshaw about statements his brother Robert Renshaw made in previous court proceedings in an effort to establish Renshaw’s credibility.

Sherriff-Scott attempted to question Renshaw about statements Robert Renshaw gave during a hearing related to a civil case in which Robert talked about having a criminal record and a drug and alcohol problem. Sherriff-Scott said the transcript of the hearing contains admissions from Robert Renshaw he received money from Seguin in exchange for sexual favours.

Those statements were not put to Robert Renshaw when he testified at the inquiry earlier this year.

Comm. Normand Glaude said he would not allow the witness to be questioned about the content of the tatement.

Sherriff-Scott will continue his cross-examination of Renshaw when the inquiry resumes Monday at 2 p.m.

Inquiry Witness Wanted To Help Former Police Officer

Cornwall News AM 1220

June 21, 2007 — A Cornwall Public Inquiry witness believes a former city cop was doing something good for Cornwall. Gerald Renshaw, who is testifying this week at the Cornwall Public Inquiry, says he told Perry Dunlop about the alleged abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a probation officer. Dunlop is the former city cop credited with bringing to light several allegations of abuse in the area. Renshaw says he wanted to help the former officer.
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