A Quebec law firm has announced a $15-million settlement over historic sexual abuse involving two Montreal-area dioceses.
Law firm Arsenault Dufresne Wee says agreements have been reached with the dioceses representing the Montreal suburb of Longueuil and St-Hyacinthe, Que., about 50 kilometres east of Montreal.
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It says the Longueuil diocese has agreed to pay victims $6.48 million; the St-Hyacinthe diocese will pay more than $8.9 million.
Arsenault Dufresne Wee says that once legal fees and other costs are factored in the victims should be compensated quickly.
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Settlement hearings will be held in September in Longueuil and St-Hyacinthe to determine whether they are approved by the court.
The class actions were filed against the diocese of Longueuil in 2019 and the diocese of St-Hyacinthe in 2021 and so far include a total of 70 victims in Quebec.
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