HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA)
CBC
August 2, 2018
By Jack Julian
Legal action against Halifax-Yarmouth diocese could uncover other allegations, lawyer says
A man who says he was sexually abused by a priest as a boy in Halifax in the 1960s has filed notice that he is planning a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth.
His lawyer believes if certified by the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, the class-action lawsuit could eventually involve many more sex abuse claimants.
“It seems likely to me that there are hundreds, perhaps many hundreds, of potential victims out there,” lawyer John McKiggan, of the Halifax law firm McKiggan Hebert, said Thursday.
The lead plaintiff in the case is Douglas Champagne, who in court documents claims he was abused by priest George G. Epoch while he was an altar boy at Canadian Martyr’s Church on Inglis Street.
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