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Jan 24, 2013 · Furlong is suing journalist Laura Robinson for a story she penned in the Georgia Straight last year, in which she alleged he was abusive toward native students at Catholic schools while a...
Jan 23, 2013 · The family of John Furlong, former VANOC CEO, has released a statement in light of new allegations of abuse involving his first wife and common-law partner.
Jan 23, 2013 · VANCOUVER - Family members of former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong — including his ex-wife — have condemned new allegations against him of domestic and sexual abuse.
Jul 24, 2013 · Two Burns Lake women are suing former VANOC CEO John Furlong for physical abuse, sexual touching and defamation. Beverly Mary Abraham is alleging she was 11-years old when Furlong sexually...
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At times emotional and at times testy, Furlong took the stand in his own defence at the start of the second week of a landmark civil defamation suit. The reporter who wrote the September 2012 article, Laura Robinson, claims Furlong defamed her in his responses to the piece, implying she was unethical, unprofessional and motivated by a personal vend...
Although Robinson's article only contained allegations of verbal and physical abuse, Furlong said he was told an allegation of sexual abuse was circulating on the internet by the time he held a press conference. He said he thought sexually assaulting a child was the worst thing a person could be accused of "next to killing someone." Furlong said he...
He defended his choice to leave his teaching years out of his book; he said the story of his return as a new immigrant, greeted by a customs agent who said "Welcome to Canada. Make us better" was a better fit for the publisher. "My time in Burns Lake was precious to me," he said. "It's a massive leap to abusing children." In the wake of the article...
Three people sued Furlong in the wake of the article, claiming to have been sexually abused former students. One later withdrew her claim and two others were dismissed after the claimants were proven not to have attended Immaculata. Furlong said he was first approached with an allegation of physical abuse in 2009, and was told that it could be made...
Jul 2, 2020 · The B.C. RCMP investigation into First Nations day school abuse allegations against John Furlong, the former 2010 Vancouver Olympics CEO, was tainted by "bias" and "discrimination," according to...
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VANCOUVER – Former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong says the latest allegations accusing him of physically abusing a former spouse and sexually assaulting another are “completely unfounded.”
