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The London Free Press
By Randy Richmond, The London Free Press
Monday, September 15, 2014
Kelly Grenier is one of the last of the Southwestern Ontario women to seek redress from the Roman Catholic diocese of London for alleged sexual abuse at the hands of disgraced and now-dead priest Charles Sylvestre. After more than seven years of stops and starts, and failed negotiations to reach a settlement, the case heads to trial Monday in London.
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Kelly Grenier could ride this trial out one way or the other.
She could rock in her late grandmother’s chair, which she has insisted be placed in her lawyer’s office to use during breaks.
“When I’m rocking it is very soothing. And I can visualize myself being rocked by her.”
Or Grenier could, as she puts it, take the court on the wild “rodeo ride” that can be her personality.
“I could just melt down. I could just start to cry and not stop. I am exhausted.”
When you’re about to have lawyers and experts pick at all the scars of your life so a judge can determine exactly what caused the bleeding, you don’t know how you’re going to react.
Grenier, 48, is one of the last women to seek redress from the Roman Catholic diocese of London over its disgraced and dead priest, Charles Sylvestre. After more than seven years of stops and starts, and failed negotiations to reach a settlement, the case is headed to trial Monday in London.
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