Former Kamloops teacher, sexually abused by Catholic priest, awarded $844,000
KAMLOOPS — A B.C. judge has awarded a former Kamloops resident more than $840,000 because of the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of a local Catholic priest more than 40 years ago.
In a decision published Tuesday (Aug. 25), Justice David Crossin agreed Rosemary Anderson was entitled to damages based on the battery she experienced during her relationship with Father Erlindo Molon.
The relationship began in the fall of 1976 and ended in the spring of 1977 while Anderson was a teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic school. Anderson filed suit against Molon and the Kamloops diocese in 2016.