Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet says he’ll donate $100K from defamation suit win
Superior Court Justice Martin Castonguay ruled on Monday that Paméla Groleau's accusations against Ouellet were unfounded and ordered her to pay him $100,000.
Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet has announced he will donate $100,000 from the proceeds of a recent civil defamation lawsuit to organizations combating sexual abuse against Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The ruling came after Superior Court Justice Martin Castonguay dismissed accusations of sexual misconduct leveled by Paméla Groleau against Ouellet.
Groleau alleged Ouellet touched her without consent on three occasions between 2008 and 2010 while she was working with the church. However, the judge ruled that Groleau's testimony was "neither credible nor reliable" and that she had altered her account of the events multiple times.
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