Quebec Court Greenlights Class-Action Settlement for Alleged Victims of Deceased Minor Hockey Coach

Francois Lamarre, a retired Montreal police and former minor league hockey coach in Greenfield Park, Que., appears for his arraignment at the courthouse in Longueuil, Que., on Dec. 19, 2019. The Canadian Press/Pierre St-Arnaud

Quebec Superior Court has approved a class action settlement that could provide as much as $10.25 million to victims who were sexually abused by a minor hockey coach in a Montreal suburb.

François Lamarre, a former Montreal police officer who retired in 1994 and died in 2020, was a boys hockey coach in Greenfield Park for about 30 years until 2001.