CANADA
The Province
BY KEITH FRASER, THE PROVINCE MARCH 14, 2014
An aboriginal man who alleges he was sexually and physically abused more than 40 years ago when he was placed into foster care by a society with links to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver will get his day in court.
The man, a member of the Squamish Indian Band who is only identified by the initials N.J. in a court ruling, was in the care of William and Mary Aitken, both of whom are now deceased, from 1956 to 1971.
He claims that he was sexually assaulted by William Aitken more than 100 times, from age five onward.
It’s alleged that the Archdiocese knew or ought to have known that Aitken was a pedophile with a history of abusing children in his care.
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