Press Conference at the St. Lawrence West conference room of the Cornwall Ramada Inn

October 13, 2006

The London law firm of Ledroit Beckett Litigation Lawyers will be holding a Press Conference at the St. Lawrence West conference room of the Cornwall Ramada Inn located at 805 Brookdale Ave. Cornwall, Ontario. The conference will commence at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, October 16, 2006.

During this conference, representative victims of clergy sexual abuse will make a formal request to the Canadian Conference of Bishops to adopt a number of proposals designed to combat the scourge of sexual exploitation of young Catholics by their priests.

Ledroit Beckett is a civil litigation law firm with a province-wide focus on representing victims of sexual abuse and advocating for their financial compensation. A significant component of their practice is with respect to cases of clergy sexual abuse.

Ledroit Beckett is presently the provincially appointed and funded representative of the Victims Group in the Cornwall Public Inquiry into the institutional response to allegations of sexual abuse of young persons in that city.

Lawyers from Ledroit Beckett will provide further details at the Conference, and will be available to answer any questions. Victims of clergy sexual abuse will also be on hand to comment. The contact person for this matter is Rob Talach who can be reached at (519) 639-2807 (cell), 673-4994, ext. 31 (w); 432-1660 (fax), or rtalach@ledroitbeckett.com