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…