Justice for children abused in care?

Sex abuse settlement
CKNW, (June 13, 2005).

VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980) - The victims of a
former foster parent who sexually assaulted children
in his care now have the power to sue the BC government
for damages.

A BC Supreme Court judge has approved a settlement
stemming from a 2001 class-action lawsuit involving
up to 30 victims of convicted sex offender Alan Walter
Winter. Between 1959 and 1986, the one-time Surrey
school trustee abused children as young as 11 years
old in Surrey and Langley.

Terms of the settlement have not been released, but
over the next five months, his victims can start filing
individual claims.

Winter --who's now in his 60's-- was deported to
Britain after serving one-third of his 16-year sentence.

He was designated a dangerous offender when he was
convicted in 1987.