The youngest victim of pedophile priest Charles Sylvestre has reached a settlement with the Roman Catholic Church.But Cecilia Annette McLauchlin said Friday doing so was a painful process, and the London diocese should be ashamed for drawing it out.
McLauchlin filed her lawsuit in the fall of 2006.
Her lawyer, Rob Talach, noted that the London diocese did not agree to settle until the last working day before the trial was scheduled to begin.
Talach would not give details about the sum of the settlement, stating that it was the request of his client that there would be no comment about the amount.
McLauchlin said the abuse began in 1980 when she was three years old, and continued until her family moved away from Sylvestre's parish in 1983.
At least 47 females came forward in the trial that led to Sylvestre's 2006 conviction on sexual assault charges.
Sylvestre died in prison in January 2007.
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