A member of the Okanagan Indian Band is claiming she was sexually abused at a church-run elementary school in Vernon when she was a child.Castanet / Jon Manchester Another lawsuit alleging sexual ...

Laurie Wilson, 66, was bussed from the Okanagan Indian Band reserve to attend St. James Parish School from 1963 to 1970, where she says she was berated, beaten and sexually assaulted.

From 1963 to 1970 Laurie Wilson attended St James Parish School in Vernon, B.C., which accepted both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Laurie Wilson, 66, was bussed from the Okanagan Indian Band reserve to attend St. James Parish School from 1963 to 1970, ...

From 1963 to 1970 Wilson attended St James Parish School in Vernon, B.C., which accepted both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. She says the Catholic school dehumanized Indigenous children ...