CANADA
CBC News
A 55-year-old sexual assault victim is suing a retired teacher, guidance counsellor and priest, Ottawa’s Catholic school board and two other organizations for more than $3 million, claiming the organizations should have responded to an incident almost 30 years ago.
The man has filed a lawsuit in Ontario Superior Court claiming damages in relation to an incident when he was 16 years old involving former school teacher and priest Kenneth O’Keefe.
O’Keefe pleaded guilty to the 1974 incident in which the boy woke up to being sexually abused.
According to the statement of claim, O’Keefe offered his residence for the night after the boy had complained of an argument with his parents.
Now 55, the man is suing O’Keefe, the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic District School Board, the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa and the Basilian Fathers of Toronto for $3.1 million.
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