Londoner alleges abuse by priest, sues for $3.1M suit
London, England, United Kingdom --
A London man told a news conference yesterday how he was allegedly controlled, brutalized and raped by a priest when he was a boy in the northeastern Ontario town of Warren.
"I'm not lying down any more in bed saying I want to die," Robert Berube said of his determination to heal, hold the church accountable and help other victims.
Father Jean-Claude Etienne has been dead for nearly eight years, but the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie could still end up paying for his alleged sexual abuse and assault of Berube more than 30 years ago.
London-based law firm Ledroit Beckett has filed a statement of claim seeking $3.1 million in damages as compensation for the suffering Etienne allegedly inflicted on Berube.
The diocese has not yet filed a statement of defence in the case.
"I can tell you very simply that we have a protocol and we will follow our protocol," Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe said yesterday. "In this particularly case, we respect the route chosen by the plaintiff and his legal counsel and, as the procedure unfolds, we hope to be provided with more information."
Berube was 13 in 1969 when the alleged abuse began.
He claims it went on continuously for 3 1/2 years.
Read the article at London Free Press Dated July 21, 2005
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A London man told a news conference yesterday how he was allegedly controlled, brutalized and raped by a priest when he was a boy in the northeastern Ontario town of Warren.
"I'm not lying down any more in bed saying I want to die," Robert Berube said of his determination to heal, hold the church accountable and help other victims.
Father Jean-Claude Etienne has been dead for nearly eight years, but the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie could still end up paying for his alleged sexual abuse and assault of Berube more than 30 years ago.
London-based law firm Ledroit Beckett has filed a statement of claim seeking $3.1 million in damages as compensation for the suffering Etienne allegedly inflicted on Berube.
The diocese has not yet filed a statement of defence in the case.
"I can tell you very simply that we have a protocol and we will follow our protocol," Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe said yesterday. "In this particularly case, we respect the route chosen by the plaintiff and his legal counsel and, as the procedure unfolds, we hope to be provided with more information."
Berube was 13 in 1969 when the alleged abuse began.
He claims it went on continuously for 3 1/2 years.
Read the article at London Free Press Dated July 21, 2005
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1 Comments:
You have this posted as London, England. Acutally it is London, Ontario, Canada.
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