LONDON (CANADA)
London Free Press
December 12, 2018
ByJennifer Bieman
Supporters of clergy sexual abuse survivor Irene Deschenes shouted “shame” and “justice for Irene” at the Catholic diocese office in London Wednesday afternoon, delivering a letter to the bishop demanding the organization abandon a planned appeal of a court ruling that allows her to reopen a settled civil case.
Representatives from London-area women’s groups gathered at the office to denounce the diocese’s move and voice their support for the 57-year-old sex-abuse survivor.
“Irene entered into a legal process because of the wrong that was done to her by the diocese,” said Michelle Schryer, executive director of the Chatham-Kent Sexual Assault Crisis Centre.
On Friday, the Roman Catholic Diocese of London announced its plan to appeal Superior Court Justice David Aston’s Nov. 27 decision to allow Deschenes to reopen the settlement reached in her 1996 lawsuit for abuse involving then-priest Charles Sylvestre.
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