Serial child sex predator Shayne Lund apologized through his lawyer as a Barrie judge labelled the Orillia man a dangerous offender and sent him to prison indefinitely.
"There will never be a time when it will be safe to release Shayne Lund into the community," Justice Joseph Kenkell said in passing the indeterminate sentence.
"He poses a significant, life-long danger."
It will be up to the National Parole Board to determine Lund's release.
He is eligible to apply for day parole in 2019 and full parole in 2020, seven years from the date of his arrest.
Lund, 25, pleaded guilty to 35 of the more than 100 charges he initially faced when arrested in 2013.
"We're dealing with a very rare breed of offender," Crown attorney Indy Kandola said, calling Lund an incurable pedophile. "He lives and breathes to violate children and animals. He wants to drug and rape them and he recruits others to help him."
The defence was seeking a prison term of 8 to 10 years with long-term supervision but the judge agreed with the Crown's request to lock up Lund indefinitely.
In his ruling, Kenkel said Lund showed a "complete inability to restrain his rapidly escalating deviant behaviour which resulted in injury and severe, lasting psychological harm to more than a dozen victims."
The youngest victim was two years old.
The judge said all the evidence indicates Lund is a "significant and likely risk to re-offend in the future."
Even with the threat of a dangerous offender application, the judge noted Lund continued to pleasure himself in jail while thinking of young children.
Lund pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault, as well as charges of bestiality, possessing child pornography and conspiring to administer a noxious substance to a person under 16.
Wearing a burgundy shirt and dark-rimmed glasses, Lund declined to address the court Wednesday but his lawyer Eginhard Ehlers said Lund wanted to offer his sincere apologies to his victims and the community.
"He's very nervous and unable to focus himself," Ehlers explained on Lund's behalf. "He's deeply sorry for what he's done."
Lund's father Mark - an Ontario Provincial Police Officer - bent over in his seat, put his hands on his head and cried when the judge announced the dangerous offender designation.
The constable faces a charge of obstruction of justice and politely declined comment Wednesday citing his case that's still before the courts.
Outside court, veteran defence lawyer Ehlers said it's very clear Lund is a predator and it's of the "utmost importance" that people like Lund be "sidelined and the public be protected."
Ehlers said Lund will be placed in a program where he can "hopefully get some help."
The Judge offered a final word to Lund, who appeared to be shaking at times during the proceeding.
"There remains hope," Kenkel said. "There's a path back. It's up to you."
Two of Lund's former girlfriends, Avery Taylor and Kathryn Thompson, pleaded guilty to almost a dozen charges each.
Both were sentenced to jail time and designated long-term offenders.
The judge praised the lawyers and gave special kudos to Barrie Police and the OPP for their "excellent investigative work."
