Decision has been reserved on whether the class-action lawsuit filed against the city of Saint John by those who say they were abused by the late Kenneth Estabrooks will be allowed to move forward.
Kenneth Estabrooks was a Saint John police officer.
In 2013 it came to light that 263 people, mostly boys, may have been sexually abused by Estabrooks when they were between six and 19-year-old. He confessed in 1975 but wasn’t charged until 1998. He continued to sexually abuse children after resigning from the police department and being quietly transferred to City Works. Estabrooks died in 2005.
Bobby Hayes, the founder of the Joshua Group, is named as the plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit.
Court of Queen’s Bench Justice William Grant is the judge who has reserved decision following a hearing on this.
