US EditionSelf-proclaimed ‘medicine man’ sentenced to 8 years in prison for sex assaults of women
- Cecil Wolfe, 63, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting 12 women while posing as an Indigenous medicine man from 2013 to 2021.
- Justice John Morrall stated that Wolfe's actions were vile and exploited the victims' vulnerability in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
- Wolfe pleaded guilty and told victims he was removing 'bad medicine,' using trinkets to deceive them, as indicated in the agreed statement of facts.
- The judge noted that the sentence may seem inadequate, emphasizing the lifelong impact of Wolfe's violations on the victims.
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Saskatchewan medicine man sentenced to 8 years in prison for sex assaults of women
A judge in Saskatoon has sentenced 63-year-old Cecil Wolfe to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man.
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Cecil Wolfe handed 8-year prison sentence for sexual assaults
A disgraced Cree medicine man has been sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for several counts of sexual assault. Cecil Wolfe plead guilty in February to assaulting 12 different women over a 9 year period while working as a traditional healer or medicine man. The assaults occurred in the areas of Saskatoon, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, and Onion Lake Cree Nation between 2013 and 2021. The road to Wolfe’s guilty pleas and sentencing was long and wi…
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