Church Sex Abuse

• Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix denies sex allegations levelled in class-action suit

  The archdiocese says Cardinal Gérald Lacroix denies the allegations and believes them to be unfounded, but will withdraw from his duties until the situation is clarified.

  Crime

  Jan 26
  
• Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix faces sexual assault allegations

  Cardinal Gérald Lacroix's name is among 15 added to a list of alleged perpetrators filed as part of the suit brought by the law firm Arsenault Dufresne Wee.

  Canada

  Jan 25
  
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• 330,000 children in France were victims of church sex abuse: report

  The independent commission called on the Catholic Church to help compensate the victims, notably in cases that are too old to prosecute via the courts.

  World

  Sep 21, 2023
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• Judge signs off on Montreal archdiocese sex abuse class-action settlement

  The agreement includes a minimum $14.8 million in compensation for victims of sexual abuse committed by diocesan priests and lay employees of the archdiocese since 1940.

  Jul 19, 2023
• Settlement reached in sex abuse class action against Montreal archdiocese

  The class action was brought in April 2019 by a victim of Brian Boucher, a priest who had been jailed for sexually abusing boys under his supervision.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2023
• Vancouver archdiocese, school sue alleged sex abusers

  The Archdiocese of Vancouver and a private Catholic school have denied wrongdoing over claims of sexual abuse from former students and filed lawsuits against the alleged abusers.

  Education

  Mar 28, 2023
• Judge rejects $28M class-action settlement in Catholic church sex abuse case

  The judge rejected the settlement citing 'excessive' legal fees. The agreement would have awarded the Montreal law firm representing the plaintiffs, more than $8 million in fees.

  Crime

  Jul 14, 2022
• Audit of several Quebec dioceses’ records identifies 87 abusers in the church: report

  Those 87 members of church personnel included people who worked for a diocese or parish but not for institutions such as church-run colleges or boarding schools.

  Crime

  Jun 8, 2022
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• Famed Jesuit priest abused boy 1,000 times around world, lawsuit alleges

  A lawsuit alleges that a a globe-trotting priest abused a boy “more than 1,000 times, in multiple states and countries,” during sojourns to spiritual retreats throughout the U.S.

  World

  Dec 31, 2019
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• Over 900 accused U.S. clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists

  An AP analysis found more than 900 clergy members accused of child sexual abuse were missing from lists released by the dioceses and religious orders.

  World

  Dec 28, 2019