John Furlong, executive chair of the Vancouver Whitecaps, has been accused of physically and mentally abusing native students in an article published today in the Georgia Straight newspaper.
The paper points to several incidents that were alleged to have occurred in 1969, when Furlong was 19-years-old and teaching Phys Ed on the Burns Lake reserve as an Oblate Frontier Apostle missionary.
The paper also points out that Furlong's official biography omitted his time in Burns Lake, suggesting that he did not arrive in B.C. until 1974.
Neither the Whitecaps nor Furlong have responded to the accusations.
CSN will continue to follow the story.
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