CANADA
CBC News
By Katie Nicholson, Vera-Lynn Kubinec, CBC News Posted: Oct 19, 2016
A Métis man alleges he was physically and sexually abused by a Catholic priest and a nun at the Vogar church school in Manitoba’s Interlake region more than 70 years ago.
The allegations are in a lawsuit filed last week in Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench naming the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg, the order of nuns Les Oblats de Marie Immaculée du Manitoba, the province of Manitoba, as well as the priest and the nun.
“The plaintiff states that he did not complain to his parents or any authorities because his grandmother was the head of the family and she said he needed to be a good Catholic,” the claim said.
It is believed the priest and nun accused in the case are no longer alive, according to the lawsuit. The nun was a teacher at the Vogar church school in the R.M. of Siglunes from 1937 to 1942 when the incidents are alleged to have occurred, the lawsuit said.
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