August 3–4 Toronto More than 3,000 […]

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1977-08-03 – 1977-08-04

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August 3–4 Toronto More than 3,000 people filed by the open casket of Emanuel Jaques at the Ryan and Odette funeral home on Dundas Street West. 1,500 people attended the funeral on August 4, held at St. Agnes Church. The 250-car funeral procession, under police escort, took ninety minutes to travel from the church to Holy Cross Cemetery in Thornhill, where Jaques was buried.

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August 1 Toronto Emanuel Jaques, a […]

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Holy Cross Cemetery St. Agnes Church Ryan and Odette Funeral Home Toronto

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Emanuel Jaques

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Wendy Herman, "Metro Opens Hearts and Wallets to Boy's Family," Toronto Star, four star ed., 4 August 1977, p. A3."Color Film Shows Boy Sexually Assaulted: Large Throng at Funeral of 12-Year-Old," Winnipeg Free Press, final ed., 5 August 1977, p. 7 Dale Brazao and Helen Bullock, "'It's as If We All Lost a Son Here Today,'" Toronto Star, four star ed., 4 August 1977, pp. A1, A3

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