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6 June 2016

Victims argue Catholic church officials liable for abuse at Mount Cashel orphanage in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Long before the Boston scandal that inspired the award-winning movie “Spotlight,” men who once lived at the Mount Cashel orphanage in Newfoundland allege they endured horrific abuse ignored by church officials.
Their civil lawsuit will return to provincial Supreme Court Monday as they argue the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp. of St. John’s should compensate them for incidents dating back to the 1940s.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/victims-argue-catholic-church-officials-liable-for-abuse-at-mount-cashel-orphanage-in-newfoundland