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Sexual-Abuse Victims Push Canadian Catholic Bishops at Annual Meeting
  • By: Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
Clerical sexual abuse remained a hot topic for Canada’s Catholic bishops as they gathered for their annual plenary in Cornwall, Ontario Oct....
Create Abuse Registry: Law Firm
  • By: Terri Saunders, Cornwall Public Inquiry
The Catholic Church should create a national public registry of priests who have been convicted of sexual assault, a lawyer for abuse...
Macdonald Could Stop Inquiry From Proceeding
  • By: Terri Saunders, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
Inquiry lawyers confirmed Thursday attorneys for Rev. Charles MacDonald have filed an application seeking the right to appeal a recent Ontario Divisional...
London Firms Gird for Clergy Abuse Cases
  • By: Law Times
For the London, Ont., firm of Ledroit Beckett, the extraordinary case of retired Roman Catholic priest Charles Sylvestre, who pleaded guilty in...
Lawyer Says Inquiry Created to Examine All Aspects of Abuses
  • By: Terri Saunders, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
Keeping secret the name of a person investigated but never charged in a child sexual abuse case will go against the very...
Victims File Lawsuit for 1970s Assaults – Humphrey School Suit Prompts More Allegations of Molestation
  • By: Sarah Bissonette, Parry Sound North Star
On Monday, three former Humphrey Public School students launched a lawsuit against Kenneth Bull, their Grade 6 teacher and a convicted sexual...
Assaulted Students File Lawsuit
  • By: Sarah Bissonette, Beacon Star
Three former Humphrey Public School students plan to hold a press conference in Barrie Monday to announce their civil lawsuit against former...
Victims Demand Priests be Defrocked London Diocese Reviewing Cases of Eight Convicted Pedophile Priests
  • By: Trevor Wilhelm, National Post
In an unprecedented move, the London Diocese in Ontario will consider asking the Vatican to defrock all eight of its convicted pedophile...
Former Priest Here Konstanty Przybylski Sentenced to Jail Time
  • By: InPortDover.com
A former priest at St. Cecilia’s Parish was sentenced to five years in penitentiary on July 4. Konstanty Przybylski appeared in the...
Lawyers Seek Redress from Catholic Church for Alleged Sex Abuse Victims
  • By: Andrew Seymour, Ottawa Citizen, CanWest News Service
A law firm announced plans Monday to seek compensation from the Catholic church for the victims of alleged sexual abuse by a...