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	Priest's Victim Gets $1.75M in Ont. Abuse Settlement Canada.com May 9, 2009 http://www.canada.com/Priest+victim+gets+abuse+settlement/1580598/story.html The victim of a notorious pedophile priest says she's finally found closure after winning the largest settlement for an individual sexual abuse case in Canadian history, almost $1.75 million. "It means a lot to me that this chapter is done in my life, and I can move on," said Lou Ann Soontiens, 53, of Chatham, Ont. Lawyers for Soontiens announced that the London, Ont., diocese of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay her $1,745,000 plus legal costs in lieu of going to trial. Soontiens had launched a lawsuit against the diocese due to years of childhood rape and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Father Charles Sylvestre. The trial was set to begin on Monday.
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