CANADA
Vancouver Sun
By Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press July 27, 2013
Former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong has denied allegations of abuse levelled by a freelance reporter, saying in court documents Laura Robinson is a journalist who uses “unorthodox and unreliable” investigation techniques to get her stories.
Furlong launched a lawsuit after Robinson wrote a story published in the Georgia Straight last fall that accused him of harming aboriginal students when he taught at a Catholic school in Burns Lake, B.C.
In new court documents filed Friday, Furlong said additional accusations in Robinson’s statement of defence, which allege Furlong abused his former wife, an unnamed former common-law spouse and students, are defamatory and unfounded.
“The events alleged are said to have occurred in 1969 and the 1970s, but have not been reported in the intervening decades to the plaintiff or to the authorities by any persons involved,” the court document said. “This is because they never occurred.”
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