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By Jason Viau on November 16, 2015
One of father Linus Bastien’s alleged victims wants him to accept and admit the sexual abuse he claims happened.
Complainant John, whose real name and identity is protected under a publication ban, is one of three behind a $3.1-million civil lawsuit against Bastien and the Diocese of London.
John says he wants Bastien to take the stand.
“Acceptance. You know what, ‘I did this,’” John says he wants to hear from Bastien. “Here’s a man of the morale cloth and man he’s just been one of the biggest perpetrators of exactly what he’s trying to instill in his parishioners.”
John, who was 13 at the time, and six others were allegedly sexually assaulted while Bastien was a minister, some of that time in Maidstone.
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