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New Canadian Catholic bishops’ report lays out guidelines for responding to sex assault allegations

By: Molly Hayes, Globe and Mail
October 6, 2018

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) issued a new report on Thursday on the church's plan to protect minors from sex...

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Priest removed from his duties by Roman Catholic Diocese of London

By: CBC News
September 28, 2018

Church officials say the're following the Diocese of London's 'Safe Environment Policy'...

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Holland Landing’s Southdown a ‘dumping ground’ for predator priests: victim

By: Lisa Queen, YorkRegion.com
September 24, 2018

7 Pennsylvania priests who sexually abused children sent to York Region facility: grand jury...

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New sex-abuse lawsuit filed against Scouts Canada in Ottawa

By: Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen
September 7, 2018

A $4.5-million negligence suit has been launched against Scouts Canada in connection with the sexual abuse that a Brockville man allegedly suffered...

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I’d like to see the pope charged,’ says former Ontario victim of clergy abuse

By: CBC News
August 22, 2018

John Swales was abused as a teenager in the 1970s and waged a decade-long court battle for justice...

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Priests appeal $2.5M award in sex abuse case

By: Darren MacDonald Sudbury Star
May 24, 2018

Move by Basilian Fathers denounced by victim and his lawyers...

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Unrepentant Catholic Order Appeals Verdict

By: Press Release
May 23, 2018

Unapologetic and unrepentant, the Basilian Fathers of Toronto (“Basilians”) today quietly faxed a Notice of Appeal in a legal case which garnered...

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Ontario jury sets record punitive award against Catholic Church over priest’s abuse

By: Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail
April 30, 2018

A jury has awarded $500,000 in punitive damages against a Roman Catholic religious order over a priest’s abuse of a schoolboy, accusing...

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Roman Catholic Church to pay $2.6M in landmark sex abuse case

By: Jane Sims, London Free Press
April 30, 2018

By the time Rev. William Hodgson Marshall was sexually abusing Rod MacLeod at a Sudbury high school, he’d already been shuttled away...

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Toronto man sexually abused 50 years ago by predatory priest awarded $2.6M

By: Mary Ormsby, Toronto Star
April 30, 2018

A Toronto jury has awarded a man sexually molested 50 years ago by a predatory priest, who taught and coached boys across...

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