CANADA
The Globe and Mail
SUNNY DHILLON
Vancouver — The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Sep. 23 2013
Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong has filed court documents in which he denies sexually abusing two students when he was a physical education teacher.
Mr. Furlong, the public face of Vancouver’s 2010 Games, was sued in late July by two women who said they were abused as students more than 40 years ago. The allegations have not been proven.
He also said he could not recall teaching either Beverly Mary Abraham or Grace Jessie West during his time at Immaculata School in Burns Lake, B.C.
Allegations that Mr. Furlong physically abused several Aboriginal students first surfaced last September in the alternative weekly newspaper the Georgia Straight. Mr. Furlong filed a lawsuit against the newspaper, as well as the article’s author, in November.
Ms. Abraham was quoted in the story. Ms. West was not.
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