Question juridique clé
Whether touching the children's buttocks and genitals under their clothes constituted acts of a sexual nature under Art. 187 and 189 SCC.
Solution extraite
Yes. Touching and insistently caressing the genitals, even hidden from third parties, has a manifest sexual character from an objective viewpoint.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the assessment is objective and depends on the outward appearance of the act, not the author's or victim's subjective perception. The described touching of the genitals under the clothing was clearly sexually connoted.