Heated cross-examination at Mount Cashel trial

CANADA
The Telegram

Barb Sweet
Published on June 24, 2016

It was a fiery exchange at the Mount Cashel civil trial this morning when a Philadelphia psychiatrist was challenged for not giving more weight to the impact of childhood sexual abuse on the lives of two men.

The men are among four John Does who say the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp. should be held liable for physical and sexual abuse by certain members of the lay order Christian Brothers.

The church contends it did not run the orphanage.

The heat came mostly from the Does’ lawyer Will Hiscock who asked Robert Toborowsky, an expert called by church lawyers, if the fact one man’s low sex drive and single status of 60 years was a red flag.

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