Former Vancouver Olympics CEO denies abuse allegations
Source: CBC
John Furlong, the former CEO of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, says he categorically denies allegations of abuse made against him by former students at a Burns Lake, B.C. school.
Furlong, 61, also told a Vancouver news conference Thursday that he would sue over allegations that have been published.
CBC News has spoken to several people who say they were physically abused by Furlong at a school in Burns Lake in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
These people describe incidents while Furlong was their physical education teacher that included what they call "verbal abuse," being called "Indians," being hit by Furlong with a strap, a yard stick and being hit with a basketball so hard they fell over.
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