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• Antigonish Priest Abuse Class Action Decision Released

  Justice David MacAdam has released his written reasons certifying Ron Martin's class action against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish and approving the settlement agreement to compensate victims of priest sexual abuse. His Lordship Justice…

• Justice Frank Iacobucci on Indian Residential School Settlement

  One of the greatest honors I have ever had was representing Nora Bernard, and the survivors of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, in the negotiations that lead to the creation of the Indian Residential School…

• Why the Antigonish Diocese Sexual Abuse Class Action Settlement is the Right Thing to do.

  In 2002, Ronald Martin received a telephone call that his brother, David Martin, had been missing in the woods of British Columbia for 2 weeks. Sixteen days later David’s body was found, with a suicide…

• Bishop Raymond Lahey Resigns as Bishop of Diocese of Antigonish

  Pope Accepts Lahey's Resignation The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop Raymond Lahey from the post of Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish. I have received calls from victims wondering what effect…

• Antigonish Diocese Sexual Abuse Class Action Certified and Settlement Approved!

  Sex Abuse Class Action Certified I am pleased to announce that on September 10, 2009, Justice David MacAdam of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court certified Ronald Martin’s class action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese…

• Antigonish Diocese Sexual Abuse Class Action Settlement: Further media reports

  Here are more media reports about Ron Martin's class action against the Diocese of Antigonish. N.S. Church Parishes to Pay in Sex-Abuse Settlement CBC Interview with Bishop Raymond Lahey CBC Information Morning (requires Real Player)…

• Settlement in Antigonish Diocese Priest Sexual Abuse Class Action!

  I am pleased to announce that Ronald Martin’s class action against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish on behalf of persons who were sexually abused by priests employed by the Diocese has been settled. Settlement…

• Bathurst Priest Arrested On Sexual Abuse Charges: Levi Noel

  Bathurst Priest Arrested On Sexual Abuse Charges A retired Roman Catholic Priest has been arrested in Bathurst, New Brunswick on charges of sexual abuse stemming back several decades. CBC news has reported that 83 year…

• Bathurst Priest Arrested On Sexual Abuse Charges: Levi Noel

  Bathurst Priest Arrested On Sexual Abuse Charges A retired Roman Catholic Priest has been arrested in Bathurst, New Brunswick on charges of sexual abuse stemming back several decades. CBC news has reported that 83 year…

• Sins of the Fathers: Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Dublin

  The sexual abuse scandal in catholic schools in Ireland has documented a “substantial level of sexual abuse” in Catholic run schools in Ireland. Now, TV3 has produced a documentary called “Abuse of Trust: Sins of…