Charges are piling up against a couple who allegedly sexually abused numerous foster children in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Already charged this winter for another victim, Yvon Guernon and his wife Lilianne Liboiron are now charged for sex crimes committed in the 1970s.
Posted at 4:12 p.m.
Dozens of children probably resided under the roof of the Guernon-Liboiron couple from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s in Montreal. As early as 1966, the pedophile began to crack down. Yvon Guernon then attacked the underage girls he was taking in with a foster family. He was therefore sentenced to prison in May 1994 for these numerous indecent assaults.
Thirty years later, Yvon Guernon, 84, and Lilianne Liboiron, 85, are once again facing justice for their past crimes. They are thus accused of having indecently assaulted a “female person” and of having committed an act of gross indecency against a complainant between 1974 and 1979. These are crimes similar to sexual assault Nowadays. The accused must, however, be tried under the Criminal Code at the time of the crimes.
An arrest warrant was issued by a judge on May 26 in this case. According to our research, the defendants do not appear to have appeared at the Montreal courthouse.
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Lilianne Liboiron
Last December, Yvon Guernon and Lilianne Liboiron were charged with sex crimes committed against a minor in the 1980s. Yvon Guernon faces one count of gross indecency, while his wife faces five counts charges, including sexual interference, sexual assault and assault. Their preliminary investigation is due to take place in January 2023.
“The alleged victim was placed with the Guernon-Liboiron family in 1980. The sexual assaults began as soon as he arrived. She suffered acts of a sexual nature from the three co-defendants for several years, until she left this foster family, ”said the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) in a press release. last winter. The third co-accused was a minor at the time and cannot be identified.
The SPVM then argued that the Guernon-Liboiron couple could have had “other victims” and invited potential victims to contact the police.