CanadaWorld Canadian archdiocese to pay $104M to sex abuse victims by Barbados Today 06/07/2024 written by Barbados Today 06/07/2024 1 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 784 The Catholic Church is to pay 104 million Canadian dollars ($76 million) to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse from eastern Canada, according to a statement released Friday. In 2020 the Archdiocese of St John was found liable for one of Canada’s largest child sex abuse scandals, at Mount Cashel Orphanage, a now-defunct boy’s orphanage in Newfoundland and Labrador province. The court found sexual abuse was perpetrated by priests and other church officials at the orphanage starting in 1940 and continued over the course of several decades. A total of 292 victims will receive payouts ranging from 55,000 to 850,000 Canadian dollars, according to the report seen by AFP. Accounting firm Ernst & Young has been tapped as a third-party intermediary to determine the amount distributed to each victim. Geoff Budden, one of the attorneys representing the victims, told AFP the amount was in line with “similar compensation from other courts.” You Might Be Interested In Prince Harry, Meghan and Archie in Canada for the holidays At least 13 people dead in gunman’s rampage in Canada 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Alaska “People didn’t really grasp the scale of the problem and how widespread the abuse was,” he said. The Archdiocese of St John declared bankruptcy in 2021, though it has raised 40 million Canadian dollars through selling buildings that belonged to it. However, Budden said he is optimistic that the victims will receive the full amount awarded by the court. “There are still assets that need to be processed, including insurance products,” he said. SOURCE: AFP Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Student who opened fire at Wisconsin school identified as a 15-year-old girl 17/12/2024 Jamie Foxx injured in altercation at his birthday dinner 15/12/2024 Meta is down: Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp all suffer major global outage 11/12/2024