‘Time to stop lying’ — Documentary Prey inspired Windsor clergy abuse survivor to come forward
Windsor Star - October 29, 2024
Windsor, ON - On Oct. 8, MacLean settled a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of London for the abuse perpetrated by Rev. Joe Nelligan in Windsor. “The documentary really touched me,” MacLean told the Star. “It was time to stop lying. Not telling the truth is no different than lying.
“For years, I didn’t tell people I knew that were strongly Catholic because I didn’t want them to get hurt. But I got to a point where I couldn’t keep living the lie.”
Prey focuses on Rod MacLeod, a survivor of sex abuse by Rev. William Hodgson Marshall, and his lawyer Rob Talach as they take on the Catholic church.
Bishop Accountability - December 23, 2025 Brampton, ON - A Catholic priest in Brampton, Ont., has been charged with sexual offences and removed from the ministry, the Archdiocese of Toronto says. It says the man is accused of one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference, an offence that applies when the victim is under 16 years old. It says the decision to remove the man from the pastoral ministry was made in accordance with its protocols and procedures relating to allegations of misconduct.
Free Press - September 23, 2025 Somerset, MB - The Archdiocese of St. Boniface has denied a man’s claims he was sexually abused by one of its priests in rural Manitoba decades ago. The man, who’s in his late 60s, claimed in a lawsuit filed in the Court of King’s Bench earlier this year that he was sexually abused by now-deceased Catholic priest Rene Touchette in the village of Somerset, about 150 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg. In a statement of defence filed in late July, the archdiocese argued the lawsuit should be tossed out — and that the man has provided no proof of the alleged abuse.