CANADA
CTV
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CTV Montreal
Published Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012
Former students of the Montreal Institute for the Deaf say they want justice after alleged abuse at the hands of priests.
About 200 people gathered outside the former Institute for the Deaf at 7400 St. Laurent St. Sunday to say want the Clerics of St. Viateur to held accountable.
In what could turn out to be one of the largest cases of sexual abuse against deaf children, 60 former students are now pursuing a class action lawsuit against the religious order, which includes 28 priests and six other employees.
Each victim is seeking $100,000 in damages for abuse they say dates back as far as the 1940s.
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