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By Jeremy Nuttall, 24 hours Vancouver
Monday, September 23, 2013
Former VANOC boss John Furlong filed responses to civil claims alleging sexual abuse committed by him in B.C. Supreme Court Monday.
The responses were to allegations made in a claim filed July 24, 2013, by Grace West and Beverly Abraham.
West alleged while she was attending Immaculata Roman Catholic Elementary in Burns Lake, B.C. in 1969 she was physically and sexually abused by Furlong, the CEO for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.
“The defendant Furlong sexually molested the plaintiff,” read West’s statement. “The defendant Furlong would touch the plaintiff sexually approximately once a week.”
Furlong’s legal response said he doesn’t remember if he coached the girls during the time of the allegations.
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