CANADA
CBC News
[with audio]
The man who suffered sexual abuse from a northern Ontario Catholic priest was the victim of a man given “nine lives” by the Roman Catholic Church, his lawyer says.
In the early 1990s, John Edward Sullivan plead guilty to sexually abusing boys during his career as a Catholic priest.
He served about two years in jail for his crimes.
More than 20 years after his conviction, one of Sullivan’s victims launched a civil case in Sudbury looking for $3 million in financial compensation.
A week before the civil trial, Sullivan died at the age of 90.
But the victim’s lawyer, Rob Talach, said the priest’s death did not affect this case.
“The evidence of Father Sullivan had been captured in a video examination well over two years ago. He is as guilty as guilty can be,” he said.
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