CANADA
Cape Breton Post
LITTLE BRAS D’OR — Although the signs are not yet posted, Villa Madonna Renewal House, owned by the Diocese of Antigonish, is for sale.
© Cape Breton Post photo Villa Madonna Renewal Centre in Little Bras d’Or.
The diocese had to take out a loan to fulfill its obligations under a class-action settlement with survivors of sexual abuse by priests.
All of the payments have been made in the class-action lawsuit. But in order to cover the payment of the loan, sales of property go toward covering the diocesan debt.
The diocese had to raise $15 million for the settlement of a class-action lawsuit with the alleged victims of sexual abuse from the 1950s to 2009. Another $3 million was raised to cover potential lawsuit costs of individual actions against the church.
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