CANADA
CBC News
By Jennifer Choi, CBC News
Posted: Dec 10, 2015
The Diocese of Moncton has filed a civil lawsuit against Co-Operators General Insurance to recoup $4.2 million dollars it paid out to victims of sexual abuse.
This case comes on the heels of another civil lawsuit in which the Diocese of Bathurst is seeking $3.3 million from Aviva Insurance.
Judge Stephen McNally is the presiding judge in both cases. The arguments in both cases are similar.
Both dioceses participated in a confidential compensation process run by Michel Bastarache. The former Supreme Court justice interviewed approximately two-hundred victims and awarded them compensation based on the age of the victim when assaulted, the severity of abuse and the frequency of abuse.
Court documents obtained by CBC revealed that the Diocese of Moncton has paid a total of $10.6 million to victims of abuse through the Bastarache process.
The diocese claims that $4.2 million dollars of that total falls within the time period in which the church had an insurance policy with the Co-operators.
That policy dates from 1977 to 1999.
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