Kenneth Estabrooks, a former police officer and city employee, was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault in 1999. A much-larger group of alleged victims has been seeking compensation from the city for sexual abuses committed by Estabrooks.
Lawsuit alleges former Saint John police officer sexually abused minors for decades
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 17, 2025 2:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Kenneth Estabrooks was found guilty in 1999 of four counts of indecent assault. He was sentenced to six years in prison, where he died in 2005. (CBC)
If a proposed settlement is approved by the court, the victims of convicted sex offender Kenneth Estabrooks will get “some measure of accountability and justice” for what he put them through decades ago, their lawyer says.
In a court hearing this week in Saint John, John McKiggan, the lawyer for members of a class-action suit launched in 2013, said they had reached a proposed settlement agreement with the lawyer for the City of Saint John.
The class members, including representative plaintiff Bobby Hayes, are seeking damages from the city as the employer of Estabrooks.
Estabrooks worked as a police officer from 1953 to 1975 before he was transferred to the city works department after he admitted to sexual relationships with two teenage boys.
He was eventually charged criminally,
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