CANADA
The Telegram
Barb Sweet
Published on June 23, 2016
The potential lost income for two John Does because of the effect on their lives from their Mount Cashel experiences might have hit as high as roughly $3.5 million combined.
The figures given for the two men differ because one man is retired from the military and the other is a retired teacher, but that figure is sum total based on testimony today in the Mount Cashel civil trial.
Calgary forensic psychologist Cara Brown was called to testify by Paul Kennedy, one of the lawyers for four John Does who claim that the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp. of St. John’s should be held liable for physical and sexual abuse they say they suffered at the hands of certain members of the lay order Christian Brothers during the era late 1940s to early 1960s.
The church contends it did not oversee the orphanage.
Many complicated factors go into the potential loss income calculations – from earnings statistics to psychological reports on the men. Brown explained the bottom line figures are based on various scenarios of the men’s’ potential earnings if they had no impairment (due to their experiences.)
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