WHITEHORSE, YUKON (CANADA)
Yukon News
April 29, 2020
By Jackie Hong
The man alleges he was sexually abused following his confirmation ceremony at a church in 1985
A Teslin man is suing the Catholic diocese of Whitehorse as well as a national Catholic organization for $4.25 million in damages over sexual abuse he alleges he suffered at the hands of a now-deceased bishop when he was a teenager.
The man filed a statement of claim to the Yukon Supreme Court on April 9, naming the Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Whitehorse, Les Oblats de Marie Immaculee du Manitoba and OMI Lacombe Canada Inc. as defendants.
The News is choosing to not identify the plaintiff.
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