CANADA
The Telegram
Barb Sweet
Published on June 12, 2015
A long and tangly civil case against the Catholic Church and the Christian Brothers involving alleged victims of physical and sexual abuse at Mount Cashel from the 1940s and ’60s has taken another turn, The Telegram has learned.
The Mount Cashel orphanage, shown above in a file photo. — Telegram file photo
According to the lawyer for those alleged victims, the case clears the last hurdle to give them their day in court.
“Our plan is to bring this to trial as soon as possible — we anticipate this coming fall, lawyer Geoff Budden told The Telegram Friday.
“We’re ready for court. Let’s do it, if there is to be a trial.”
A decision handed down this week scores a procedural win for the victims’ side in the pretrial saga.
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ruled against the first defendant Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp. of St. John’s.
Thomas O’Reilly, lawyer for the Episcopal Corp. did not have much comment on the case Friday.
“That judge didn’t agree. That’s fine,” O’Reilly said, adding the application wasn’t an unusual procedure.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.