HALIFAX – A proposed class-action lawsuit in Nova Scotia is alleging sexual, physical, and mental abuse against children who attended two residential schools for the deaf.
The Nova Scotia government has been named as a defendant in the case.
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The schools in question are the School for the Deaf in Halifax and the Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf in Amherst.
The province was responsible for the operation and oversight of the institutions.
Lawyer Ray Wagner says the claim alleges the province failed to properly investigate or stop the alleged abuse and mistreatment of the children at the schools.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
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