CANADA
CBC News
Two former students are launching a class action lawsuit over physical, sexual and emotional abuse they say they experienced at St. Eustache School in Saint Eustache, Man., throughout the 1960s at the hands of nuns who ran the school and a priest in the community.
The former students are suing the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, the Archdiocese of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba on behalf of all Indigenous and Métis children who attended the school between 1960 and 1983, according to a statement of claim filed to the Court of Queen’s Bench on Nov. 25.
According to the statement, children of Indigenous or Métis descent who resided in or around Saint Eustache, Man., were made to attend the school during the period, including the two plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs are a man and a woman who both attended the school for six years in the 1960s. The male plaintiff attended from age eight to 14, and the female plaintiff attended from age six to 12.
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