CANADA
Montreal Gazette
BY GEOFFREY VENDEVILLE, THE GAZETTE AUGUST 12, 2014
Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Redemptorist priests at the St-Alphonse Seminary in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, east of Quebec City, have reached a $20-million, out-of-court settlement with the Catholic order.
“It’s a landmark settlement,” said Robert Kugler, the lawyer representing victims in a class-action lawsuit. “It’s the most that has ever been paid in the settlement of a sexual abuse class action in the history of Quebec.”
The agreement will be submitted to a judge within the next 30 days for final approval.
On July 10, Quebec Superior Court judge Claude Bouchard awarded the victims between $75,000 and $150,000 each in compensation. The parties reached the settlement at the last minute before the deadline to appeal the decision expired the afternoon of Aug. 11. Kugler was only able to reveal the sum of money included in the agreement after meeting with a judge Tuesday morning.
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