A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man. Justice John Morrall told a Saskatoon courtroom that it was vile for Cecil Wolfe, 63, to use his position of power as a spiritual healer to violate the women between 2013 and 2021. Morrall said the women, who lived in Saskatchewan and Alberta, were vulnerable and preyed upon. Their identities are protected by a publication ban. “The sentence I will impose will seem wholly inadequate for the women. The violations they have experienced will remain with them for the rest of their lives,” the judge told court Wednesday. “The sense of loss, the breach of trust and loss of faith in themselves… <\/p>\n
A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man. Justice John Morrall told a Saskatoon courtroom that it was vile for Cecil Wolfe, 63, to use his position of power as a spiritual healer to violate the women between 2013 and 2021. Morrall said the women, who lived in Saskatchewan and Alberta, were vulnerable and preyed upon. Their identities are protected by a publication ban. “The sentence I will impose will seem wholly inadequate for the women. The violations they have experienced will remain with them for the rest of their lives,” the judge told court Wednesday. “The sense of loss, the breach of trust and loss of faith in themselves... <\/p>\n