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29 June 2016

Diagnosis denied

Sexual abuse didn’t lead to permanent psychological disorders: witness. A clinical psychologist told a civil trial Tuesday that sexual abuse at Mount Cashel did not result in any permanent diagnosis of psychological disorders for the John Does in the case.
Peter Badgio of Philadelphia, Pa., also discounted a theory that severe beatings — including an infamous shower incident — of one of the John Does was sexual sadism.

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2016-06-28/article-4573470/Abuse-did-not-create-life-long-disturbance-for-man%3A-witness/1