Plint refused parole again

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Convicted pedophile Arthur Henry Plint has been refused parole for a second time.

The former Alberni Indian Residential School dormitory supervisor who was called a "sexual terrorist" by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hogarth, has now served more than two-thirds of his 11-year sentence for more than 30 counts of physical and sexual abuse. The 82-year old Plint has been eligible for parole for the past two years.

After his first parole hearing in November 1999, the B.C. Parole Board noted that Plint had refused to participate in sexual offender rehabilitation programs and lacked an understanding of the harm done to his victims. The board concluded "the only change that had occurred was your advancing age."

Plint re-applied in November 2000 for day parole, but after meeting with the elderly ofender, parole board members denied the application.

Plint has been identified by the prison system as having a narrow, restricted personality that is power-oriented.

"This, coupled with your racist values, were all well-suited to the residential school system," states the parole board report.

A psychological assessment done in 1995 concluded that Plint had "a significant personality dysfunction, with definite psychopathic traits in that you were completely self-centred, self-absorbed, callous and lacking empathy, and had a complete lack of interest in changing or improving your internal or interpersonal functioning."

A psychological report in 1999 stated Plint had not changed and still "deflect[s] responsibility and blame onto your victims, believing that they charged you only for the potential for monetary gain."

In its Dec. 19 decision, the parole board noted that "there has been no change in your lack of insight into your paedophilic sexual offending and you remain an untreated sexual offender. . . you present an undue risk to society due to your not only being an untreated sex offender but also one who believes he has done no harm."

Plint can reapply for parole on an annual basis. His sentence is complete in 2006.