CANADA
The Chronicle-Herald
September 24, 2012 By DAVENE JEFFREY Staff Reporter
Three men who claim they were sexually assaulted by priests decades ago are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish.
In Halifax court documents filed late last week, William Muirhead, 49, of Stellarton, John Parsons, 62, of Bras d’Or and Myles Parsons, 63 of Nanaimo, B.C., all seek damages under $100,000 for assault and emotional harm.
The diocese has not yet filed a defence and none of the allegations have been proven in court.
However, each claim holds the diocese vicariously liable in negligence and assault.
According to the documents filed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, twin brothers Clair and Claude Richard were parish priests at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church at Little Bras d’Or in the 1960s.
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