SAULT STE. MARIE (ONTARIO)
SooToday
May 23, 2018
By Darren MacDonald
Father William Hodgson Marshall was former principal at St. Mary’s College
Less than a month after a Toronto judge awarded a Sudbury man $2.5 million for compensation for the abuse he endured at the hands of a Catholic priest, lawyers for the church announced they were appealing the verdict.
In a statement on their website, the Basilian Fathers write they don’t believe the monetary award is “legally sound or justified.”
Specifically, they are appealing the $500,000 awarded in punitive damages and $1.58 million in lost income.
“The Basilian Fathers are not appealing the awards for general and aggravated damages, nor for the amount awarded for counselling costs,” the statement said.
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