SUES CAS FOR $8M
Brampton father sues CAS for $8 million
Toronto — A father who alleges that his son was sexually abused by a convicted pedophile while in foster care has launched an $8-million lawsuit against the Peel Children's Aid Society and the foster parents.The suit, filed by a Brampton man, alleges that repeated sex offender Douglas Moore was a friend of the foster parents that his son was living with and had regular contact with the boy.
A statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court states the CAS and the foster parents knew or ought to have known that Moore should not have been allowed near children.
The youth was a ward of the CAS in Peel Region from Nov. 2001 to Aug. 2003.
Moore committed suicide in jail cell three months ago. He was facing sexual assault charges involving three children at the time and was a suspect in three murders.
He also remains a suspect in the deaths of Joseph Manchisi, his friend Robert Grewal and Rene Charlebois of Mississauga.