Calgary imam Abdi Hersy wanted in U.S. on sexual assault charges

[Locutus]

High-profile Calgary imam Abdi Hersy is wanted in the United States on outstanding criminal charges connected to two alleged sexual assaults.

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The 46-year-old Somali national, who runs the Abu Bakr Mussallah place of worshipin southeast Calgary, was charged after he spent time working as a respiratory therapist in 2006 in the Twin Cities suburb of Woodbury, Minn.

He has refugee protection status in Canada, but the federal government has tried to strip him of it after learning of the active warrant for his arrest south of the border.

The federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration declined comment on the case, citing privacy laws, but in a written statement it said all refugee claimants go through security screening, including fingerprint and criminal background checks.

'They were very devastated'

Two female patients allege Hersy fondled them while they were recovering from medical procedures.

"I remember that they were very devastated," said Det. Jeffrey Zerwas, who investigated the case for the Woodbury police.

He said the first woman came forward in July 2006.

"She struggled with it for a while, and the more she thought about it, she felt she had to say something 'cause she didn't want this to happen to anybody else."

The second woman who came forward said Hersy fondled her under her gown, telling her it was part of a medical procedure, and said he "wanted to have sex with her," according to documents obtained from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice.

After doing its own investigation, the board pulled Hersy's licence.


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Calgary imam Abdi Hersy wanted in U.S. on sexual assault charges - Calgary - CBC News

 

[B00Mer]

I wonder how many more victims there will be in Canada? They need to pick this guy up and drop him at the border..

 

[Sal]

I don't get it.

Does refuge protection status mean we can't touch him even if he is accused of a crime?

 

[MHz]

When did you say you moved to Cow-town bloomer?
Chinook was a foreign name to you wasn't it? Didn't your Mexican wife mention that to you? (x-wife right?)

I don't get it.

Does refuge protection status mean we can't touch him even if he is accused of a crime?

I think his next visits to the house of God is going to be somewhat different if 'the old west' is as alive as the stampede is.

 

[B00Mer]

I don't get it.

Does refuge protection status mean we can't touch him even if he is accused of a crime?

What I don't get, you're only supposed to be able to claim refugee status if you came here directly from the country you fear for your life..

If you came here from the USA, that makes no sense.. and it seems he lived there for a spell.

When did you say you moved to Cow-town bloomer?
Chinook was a foreign name to you wasn't it? Didn't your Mexican wife mention that to you? (x-wife right?).

WTF you yammering on again about MegaButtHurtz?? You off your meds again..??

HEY!! Gerryh, want to do you're country a service... let's go pick this guy up, toss into the trunk and drive down to Sweetgrass, MT.. throw him onto the U.S. side of the line..

Zip tied or hog tied and all. :lol:

 

[DaSleeper]

Doesn't Canada have an extradition treaty with the U.S.?

 

[gerryh]

HEY!! Gerryh, want to do you're country a service... let's go pick this guy up, toss into the trunk and drive down to Sweetgrass, MT.. throw him onto the U.S. side of the line..

Zip tied or hog tied and all. :lol:

Sounds good to me. There should be no questions, no humming and hawing, the dickwad gets kicked NOW.

 

[MHz]

Tell him he needs work on that 'new identity' look.
Be sure to explain in detail to the US Border Patrol just how you managed to get him there. I'm thinking they would want to give both a just reward, right there and then.

 

[EagleSmack]

huh?

 

[SLM]

Did everybody miss this little gem from the main article?

In September 2010, he crossed the border back into Minnesota and surrendered to the sheriff's office, but when he was released on bail, U.S. immigration officials deported him back to Canada.

Also this:

The Refugee Board of Canada decided to grant Hersy refugee protection status in 2008.
It came to a different decision five years later, after learning of the outstanding criminal charges against him. The board concluded he had misrepresented himself and withheld information about the charges.
He was stripped of his refugee protection on May 24, 2013. Hersy successfully challenged the decision in Federal Court and kept his status.
The Canada Border Services Agency may try again to nullify his refugee status at another hearing, but there is no word on when that decision will be made.

Sounds to me like it's a cluster**** of bureaucratic b.s. and red tape, created at least in part by immigration services on both sides of the border.



Geez you know, next time I need something fixed quickly, I'm foregoing the duct tape in favour of that red tape. Nothing seems to be able to pull that stuff apart!

 

[EagleSmack]

Yup... our immigration system is a disaster. We need a system like Canada's. Even if it isn't perfect it is far better than ours.