WINNIPEG — A lawyer for a former archbishop convicted of sexually assaulting an altar boy in the 1980s says he has fresh evidence that could have exonerated his client.
Jeff Gindin (GIHN'-dihn), who represents Seraphim Storheim, filed a notice of motion saying the new evidence should be heard when the case appears before Manitoba's Court of Appeal on Friday.
In court documents, Gindin says the evidence relates to the victim's visit with Storheim and Storheim's relationship with one of the defence witnesses.
Gindin says the evidence — had it been known — could have affected the outcome of Storheim's trial.
Storheim was convicted early this year of sexually assaulting a boy who had come to visit him in Winnipeg in 1985.
The 68-year-old was sentenced to eight months in jail but has been free on bail pending his appeal hearing.
