CANADA
Whitehorse Daily Star
By Candice O'Grady
A member of Teslin Tlingit First Nation is bringing the Anglican Church and the federal government to court for sexual, mental and physical abuse he says he suffered at a former residential school in Carcross.
The school was run by the Anglican Church, specifically the Diocese of the Yukon, under contract from the federal government.
The student was emotionally, mentally, physically and sexually abused by staff and clergy who were there to “care for and educate” the native children placed at the Carcross school, he alleges.
There is currently at least one other suit filed in the Yukon Supreme Court against the Anglican Church and the Government of Canada for alleged abuse at the residential school in Carcross.
The other suit claims the plaintiff was forced to do unpaid work, which “amounts to slave labour.”
This suit does not name labour without pay; however, the plaintiff in this case says he was sexually assaulted throughout his time at the school.