Catholic Church to investigate 50 years of child sex abuse allegations in Montreal

MONTREAL (CANADA)
Montreal Gazette

March 27, 2019

The Diocese of Montreal has assigned an independent committee to examine more than five decades of files related to allegations of sexual abuse committed on children by the clergy or church personnel in Montreal-area parishes.

Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine has asked retired Superior Court justice Anne-Marie Trahan to oversee the investigation, which will also examine files of the dioceses of St-Jérôme, Valleyfield, St-Jean-Longueuil and Joliette.

The committee’s work is scheduled to begin in September and it has been granted full access to church files.

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