Sex-abuse suits launched against Cornwall church, lawyer
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada --
Three men in Cornwall are suing the Catholic Church, a former Crown prosecutor and a priest, in the latest development of a sexual-abuse scandal that has long divided the eastern Ontario city.
Albert Lalonde and Robert Renshaw have each launched $3.1-million lawsuits against the Roman Catholic diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, alleging they were victimized by a former priest, Rev. Charles MacDonald.
The suits name current Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher and his predecessor, Eugene LaRocque, for alleged negligence.
Lalonde, who alleges he was abused when he was an altar boy, struggled to hold back tears at a press conference Tuesday as he remembered running into MacDonald in 1990.
"It was not long after that I started having full blown panic and anxiety attacks," he said.
A third plaintiff, Stuart Labelle, has launched a similar $3.1-million lawsuit against former Crown prosecutor Jacques Leduc, who also lives in the Cornwall area.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Cornwall has long been plagued by allegations of sexual abuse of children at the hands of some of the city's most prominent men, including officials, lawyers and clergy. Some of the alleged crimes dated back to the 1950s.
Read the article at CBC News dated22 Feb 2005
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Three men in Cornwall are suing the Catholic Church, a former Crown prosecutor and a priest, in the latest development of a sexual-abuse scandal that has long divided the eastern Ontario city.
Albert Lalonde and Robert Renshaw have each launched $3.1-million lawsuits against the Roman Catholic diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, alleging they were victimized by a former priest, Rev. Charles MacDonald.
The suits name current Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher and his predecessor, Eugene LaRocque, for alleged negligence.
Lalonde, who alleges he was abused when he was an altar boy, struggled to hold back tears at a press conference Tuesday as he remembered running into MacDonald in 1990.
"It was not long after that I started having full blown panic and anxiety attacks," he said.
A third plaintiff, Stuart Labelle, has launched a similar $3.1-million lawsuit against former Crown prosecutor Jacques Leduc, who also lives in the Cornwall area.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Cornwall has long been plagued by allegations of sexual abuse of children at the hands of some of the city's most prominent men, including officials, lawyers and clergy. Some of the alleged crimes dated back to the 1950s.
Read the article at CBC News dated22 Feb 2005
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