Quebec victims of priest sex abuse receive their $14M in compensation

CANADA
CTV

The 111 victims of the Redemptorist Order of the Saint-Alphonse Seminary in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré have finally received nearly $14 million in compensation.

Former students who were sexually assaulted by the nine priests named in the case had until April 17 to file their claim.

After a five-year battle and a long trial, the Redemptorists finally deposited $20 million into an account to compensate victims, the largest sum of ever paid in a restitution case of this kind in Quebec.
After attorney fees and other expenses, victims of the Redemptorist priests will share nearly $14 million.

Quebec Superior Court ruled back in July 2014 that the Redemptorist Order will have to pay at least $75,000 in damages to each victim who attended the Saint-Alphonse Seminary between 1960 and 1987.

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