The Superior Court of Quebec ruled on 31 August that Cardinal Marc Ouellet was falsely accused of sexual assault and awarded him $100,000 in damages for defamation. ^[1] Superior Court Justice Martin Castonguay ruled on August 31 that sexual misconduct allegations against Cardinal Marc Ouellet were false and ordered his accuser to pay him 100,000 Canadian dollars. ^[2] Cardinal Marc Ouellet stated he would donate the $100,000 damages award to organizations combating the sexual abuse of Indigenous peoples in Canada. ^[3] Justice Martin Castonguay concluded that the allegations made by Paméla Groleau were unfounded and formulated with extreme recklessness equivalent to malice. ^[4] Paméla Groleau, a former lay pastoral assistant, accused Cardinal Ouellet of non-consensual physical contact allegedly committed between 2008 and 2010. ^[5] Justice Castonguay concluded that Paméla Groleau's testimony against Cardinal Marc Ouellet was neither credible nor reliable because she had changed her story several times. ^[6] Justice Castonguay stated that the damage to Cardinal Marc Ouellet's reputation was amplified because the class-action lawsuit equated him with religious pedophiles in the eyes of ordinary citizens. ^[7] Paméla Groleau accused Cardinal Marc Ouellet of touching her without consent on three occasions between 2008 and 2010 while she was training or working as a lay pastoral agent. ^[8]