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Class-action lawsuit over sexual abuse at Metro Vancouver schools settled for $30M
The settlement covers more than 200 former students and includes a trauma-informed claims process that avoids a trial, court records show.
- The B.C. Supreme Court approved a $30-million settlement for a class-action lawsuit over historical abuse at two Metro Vancouver Catholic schools.
- The settlement was against Vancouver College, St. Thomas More Collegiate, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver.
- The lawsuit claimed members of the Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada were moved to these schools from the Mount Cashel orphanage, known for child abuse.
- More than 200 people joined the class, and the settlement includes a confidential, trauma-informed claims process approved by Justice Simon Coval to avoid a difficult trial.
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Class-action lawsuit over sexual abuse at Metro Vancouver schools settled for $30M
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $30-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed over historical claims of physical, psychological and sexual abuse at two schools in Metro
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