CANADA
Winnipeg Sun
BY DEAN PRITCHARD, WINNIPEG SUN
FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
A Winnipeg woman sexually assaulted by a former Mennonite pastor has filed a $2 million lawsuit, alleging his church fostered a climate that aided in the abuse of children.
Brian Douglas Porisky, a former pastor with the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was sentenced last October to six months custody.
Porisky, 53, admitted to kissing and fondling the then 14-year-old girl and taking her out for “romantic” dinners in 1996 while a youth pastor at The Meeting Place church.
The woman alleges much more serious transgressions in the lawsuit, including repeated incidents of intercourse and oral sex at church functions and at Porisky’s home. Those allegations have not been proven in court and Porisky is considered innocent.
Porisky was sentenced to an additional 2 1/2 years in prison last October after admitting to sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl in 2005, six years after he had been fired from the church. Court heard Porisky had been sexually molested for years as a child.
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