TORONTO (ONTARIO)
CBC News
Oct 30, 2018
By Andrew Lupton
Former priest and professor David Norton, 72, faces five counts of sexual assault involving boys from Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. (Kate Dubinski/CBC News)
A powerful man more than six feet tall broke down in tears today as he told the court about being sexually abused as a 10-year-old at the hands of his priest, David Norton.
Standing in the witness box and stroking an Indigenous eagle feather, the witness — now in his 40s — described how he first met Norton when he was 10. At the time, he was dealing with the tragic death of his father six years earlier. The witness, who can’t be identified due to a publication ban typical in sex abuse cases, said he was at first overcome by the kindness of a man who would quickly to fill the role of a father figure.
“I had heard about him being a nice guy in our community,” said the man, who at one point became so distraught while testifying the court had to break for a 15-minute recess.
The man described how he met Norton who was the priest at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church at the Chippewas of the Thames, a First Nations community south of London, Ont.
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