Roman Catholic Archbishop Settles Mid-Trial with Plaintiff for Chilhood Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by Fr. John Kilty, deceased and Raymond Clavin

BC Supreme Court Action No. S2010708, Vancouver Registry, New Westminster, BC, Feb. 13, 2024


Roman Catholic Church settles with John Doe on day 7 of a 19-day trial. Following six-and-a-half days of trial before Justice Catherine Murray in New Westminster, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver settled with the plaintiff, who remains anonymized as John Doe. John Doe was targeted by both Kilty and Clavin when he was just six years old as a grade one student at Holy Trinity Elementary School in North Vancouver, in 1974-1975. Both men sexually violated the young boy in various and severe ways, including penetrative rape. The Vancouver Archdiocese admitted the fact of the abuse and its vicarious (strict) liability before trial, but it maintained a denial of any direct fault. 

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