TORONTO -- A child abuse victim in Nova Scotia says he is not happy with the $375,000 awarded to him by the province on Friday.

"I'm horribly disappointed with the award because the award doesn't justify the abuse," the man, identified only as L.M., told CBC News.

L.M. was one of 29 victims of Cesar Lalo, who worked as a probation officer and social worker for the province. Lalo, 69, was found guilty of sexually assaulting 29 boys between 1973 and 1989 while working for the province.

L.M. said it wasn't a fair settlement considering another victim of one of the province's most notorious child abusers, probation officer and social worker Cesar Lalo, received a $640,000 settlement.

Court documents show that during the proceedings, the court heard that L.M. met Lalo when he was 10-years-old while Lalo was a probation officer. L.M. was 13 when the abuse began.

L.M.'s performance at school dropped significantly after the sexual abuse began, and while he had been in trouble with the law before, his crimes became worse and more frequent after the abuse began.

On several occasions during his teen years, L.M. spoke with mental health professionals about his behaviour, but never admitted to the abuse. In 1996, he told a Halifax Regional Police officer, who was investigating Lalo, about the abuse.

L.M. cried as he told the court about the assaults. He said the abuse started with Lalo opening L.M.'s shirt and rubbing his chest, then he put "his hand down my pants and fondled me and asked how I liked it and stuff like that."

L.M. said later, Lalo would ask him to perform oral sex, and then Lalo performed oral sex on L.M.

The last incident was when they were together in Lalo's car in a north-end Halifax park. While assaulting L.M., Lalo "shoved his finger up my ass," L.M. testified. He said he ran from Lalo's car after that.

In her judgement, Justice Heather Robertson called L.M. "complicated."

"In three and one-half days of testimony, one day of it in strenuous cross examination, it became clear that L.M. is a very disturbed person," she wrote. "I believe that L.M. is a more complicated and troubled person than the straight line criminal characterization defence counsel puts forward."

She added, "There is no doubt in my mind that the Lalo 'event' generated a significant and lasting change in L.M.'s life plan."

She awarded L.M. $250,000 for past and future loss of income, as well as an additional $125,000 in general damages.

L.M. — who is now 35-years-old, unmarried, unemployed and has a son — said he is considering an appeal.