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A funeral service was held Saturday for the 17-year-old Nova Scotia student

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Glen Canning, left, father of Rehtaeh Parsons, is comforted outside St. Mark's Anglican Church at Rehtaeh's funeral in Halifax on Saturday, April 13, 2013.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

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Leah Parson, mother of Rehtaeh Parsons, and her partner, Jason Barnes, head from St. Mark's Anglican Church during Rehtaeh's funeral in Halifax on Saturday, April 13, 2013.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

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Pall bearers carry an urn with the ashes of Rehtaeh Parsons from St. Mark's Anglican Church during her funeral in Halifax on Saturday, April 13, 2013.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

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Attendees at the funeral program for 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons at St. Mark's Anglican church in Halifax, April 13, 2013.PAUL DARROW/Reuters

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Family members follow pallbearers as they carry the remains of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons after a funeral at St. Mark's Anglican church in Halifax, April 13, 2013.PAUL DARROW/Reuters

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Young people console each other outside St. Mark's Anglican church in Halifax after the funeral service for 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons on April 13, 2013.PAUL DARROW/Reuters

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Mourners after the funeral service for 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons at St. Mark's Anglican church in Halifax April 13, 2013.PAUL DARROW/Reuters

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Family members after the funeral service for 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons at St. Mark's Anglican church in Halifax, April 13, 2013.PAUL DARROW/Reuters

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Pallbearers carry the remains of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons after a funeral service at St. Mark's Anglican church in Halifax, April 13, 2013.PAUL DARROW/Reuters

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