John Furlong: Allegations Furlong

Physical Education Teacher Dept: The allegations Furlong hit and kicked students and verbally abused them during his time as a physical education teacher in the late 1960s and early 1970s appeared Thursday in the free Vancouver weekly Georgia Straight, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I categorically deny absolutely any wrongdoing and I believe that the RCMP in looking into this matter will discredit the complaint entirely because it just did not happen," Furlong told reporters and vANCOUVER -- John Furlong, the man who helmed the Vancouver Olympics, has categorically denied allegations he physically abused aboriginal students as a teacher at two northern B.C. schools decades ago, and says he plans to sue. Within hours, Furlong held a news conference with his lawyer to announce legal action. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.