Andre R. Lavoie

Victim Impact Statement

Publication of this statement is banned

Wednesday 25 October 2006: Email from commission counsel Simon Ruel ordering the posting be removed immediately.

Thursday 26 October 2006: My email response to Mr. Ruel.

On Thursday 26 October 2006 I received a reply from Mr. Ruel advising that “ I am out of the office today, but will respond to you tomorrow. I would also be glad to speak with you. Please leave me a number where you may be reached.” In reply I told Mr. Ruel that I look forward to his response.

So, we will have to wait and see what this is all about.  I did contact Mr. Lavoie to ask if perhaps he had named and referenced other victims in his Victim Impact Statement.  He did not.

I see nothing therefore which warrants a publication ban on this document and can not for the life of me understand why the document was ever marked Confidential in the first place: There are apparently no names which must be kept secret, and the author of the document provided the excerpts and gave permission to have them posted on theinquiry.ca.

Meanwhile, my apologies.  At this point I am legally bound.  Until further notice I can not re-post the article because Justice Glaude has apparently imposed some sort of blanket publication ban which covers the 1998 Victim Impact Statement written and submitted by sex abuse victim Andre Lavoie when his molester, Robert Sabourin, a Roman Catholic school teacher and friend of former Bishop Proulx, pled guilty.

Unbelievable!  And this is a public inquiry?

I will keep you informed and will certainly re-post the statement the moment the ban is lifted.